A River in the Sky Quotes

“I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“Men like to create unnecessary organizations and give them impressive or mysterious names; this usually ends in increased confusion, and should therefore be ignored.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“You certainly are a repository of useless information. How do you know all that?' David asked, with more amusement than admiration.

'I have a mind like a magpie's, easily distracted by interesting odds and ends,' Ramses admitted.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“The men had scattered in all directions, which men are inclined to do when women leave them to their own devices for any length of time. I believe they are easily bored.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to forget where he left his hat.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“The roar of an angry crowd is one of the most terrifying sounds in the world.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“Why is a man with a knife after your blood? Who sent him? I would like to write the fellow a letter of thanks!”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“Either the War Office had recruited Ramses - in which case I would have General Spencer's head on a platter - or Ramses had come across something that, in his opinion, merited investigation.... I am never guilty of idle speculation, so I kept an open mind on that. Except that once I caught up with him, I would have Ramses' head on another platter.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“For some reason his parents had a low opinion of his common sense.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“woven basket he was”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky

“To Egypt.”
― Elizabeth Peters, A River in the Sky