Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice...
Elizabeth PetersTags: amelia-peabody
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
Elizabeth PetersThe man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish
Elizabeth PetersThe man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish.
Elizabeth PetersHe hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
Elizabeth PetersEverything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously called "the lessons of history," but at least we should be able to recognize the issues and perhaps avoid some of the solutions that have failed in the past. And we can take heart in our own dilemma by realizing that other people in other times have survived worse.
Elizabeth PetersTags: learning history mistakes
love has a very dulling effect on the brain
Elizabeth PetersYou don't sound like a librarian," she said.
"I'm on vacation," Jacqueline laughed. "Well, I supposed there is an image, isn't there? But stereotypes are awfully misleading. there are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical. Any more than any other profession.
Tags: librarians stereotypes
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
Elizabeth PetersTags: crocodile-on-the-sandbank
The room was so neat and tidy it made me feel quite depressed...I do not allow myself to repine about what cannot be helped; but I remembered earlier Decembers, under the cloudless blue skies and brilliant sun of Egypt.
As I stood morosely contemplating the destruction of our cheerful domestic clutter, and recalling better days, I heard the sound of wheels on the gravel of the drive. The first guest had arrived. Gathering the robes of my martyrdom about me, I made ready to receive her.
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