The Golden One Quotes

“Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won't have to carry you such a distance.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Golden One

“Selim, you will speak with your kin and your friends in Gurneh; perhaps some of them will respond to direct threats--questions, I mean to say.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Golden One

“Jamil obviously enjoyed taunting people, and youth suffers, among other weaknesses, from overconfidence. It might amuse the wretched boy to lead us to the general area and watch us wear ourselves out looking for a well-concealed entrance.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Golden One

“Someone was certainly guilty of something, however, and it behooved us to take all possible precautions.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Golden One