The Twelve Rooms of the Nile Quotes

“Ambition was a dull pain, like a continually broken heart.”
― Enid Shomer, The Twelve Rooms of the Nile

“How could you determine a man's intention if you didn't speak his language or share his beliefs? She'd happily embarked on a study of ancient Egyptian religion but had no curiosity about Islam, which seemed an amalgam of oddities and borrowings. She felt with conviction what she'd written home more than once--that Egypt would be an exquisite country if not for the Egyptians who lived there.”
― Enid Shomer, The Twelve Rooms of the Nile

“Flo hated how public an event affection inevitably became. Marrying in a church while scrutinized by dozens of people struck her as a barbaric custom.”
― Enid Shomer, The Twelve Rooms of the Nile

“that darling blood mob known as one’s family.”
― Enid Shomer, The Twelve Rooms of the Nile