Abigayle

“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Last Camel Died at Noon

“In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Deeds of the Disturber