The Akhenaten Adventure Quotes

“May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.”
― P.B. Kerr, The Akhenaten Adventure

“And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.”
― P.B. Kerr, The Akhenaten Adventure

“Tea has nothing to do with being hungry," said Nimrod. "For Englishmen, it is like a canonical hour. And almost as much of an important ritual as the tea ceremony in Japan. Except for one thing. With tea, in Japan, recognition is given that every human encounter is a singular occasion which can, and will, never recur again exactly. Thus every aspect of tea must be savored for what it gives the participants. But in England, the significance occurs in the fact that teas is always the same, and will always recur again and again, exactly . For how is the endurance of a great civilization to be measured?”
― P.B. Kerr, The Akhenaten Adventure

“A second or two later, the reptile had been quite absorbed by a handsome, arrogant-looking Englishman smelling strongly of snobbery and snake.”
― P.B. Kerr, The Akhenaten Adventure