He Shall Thunder In The Sky Quotes
"The wind flung the snow against the windows of the coach, where it stuck in icy curtains."
"Sorting through the motley collection that constitutes the Emerson Papers was no easy task."
"Military historians have been concerned, primarily and understandably, with the ghastly campaigns on the Western Front."
"I could understand why nerves in Cairo were somewhat strained, but that was no excuse, in my opinion, for rude behavior to my son."
"Patriotism is not a quality I despise, but in my humble opinion it is despicable to shame someone into facing dangers from which one is exempt."
"Emerson’s tall, broad-shouldered frame was as trim as that of Ramses, and the streak of white hair at each temple emphasized the gleam of his raven locks."
"The Turks controlled Palestine, and between Palestine and Egypt lay the Sinai and the Suez Canal, Britain’s lifeline to the east."
"I turned round and Emerson began unbuttoning my frock. I have never taken a maid with me to Egypt; they are more trouble than they are worth."
"Ramses’s lips were tightly compressed, while Emerson’s had drawn back to display his large square teeth."
"It was not a retreat from peril; in fact, we might soon be in greater danger than those who remained in England."
"Painstakingly and formally she inquired about each member of the family in turn, including the ones she had seen within the past hours."
"People are always surprised when I hit on the truth; it is not magic, as some of the Egyptians secretly believe, but my profound understanding of human nature."
"There is no use wishing things were other than they are, Kadija. Cheer up!"
"Spy on her, you mean, my conscience corrected me."
"Punching Percy’s face and pitching him into the Nile would not improve matters."
"Tourists who visit Giza today cannot possibly imagine what a splendid sight it was four thousand years ago."
"I must be getting old, Ramses thought. It’s becoming more difficult to remember, from one encounter to the next, precisely who I’m supposed to be."
"Men have a number of annoying qualities, but over the years women — especially young women — have given me considerable trouble."
"Naturally I would never have dreamed of using the keys except in cases of dire emergency. Clearly this was such a case."
"I knew you would not shirk your duty, however dangerous and distasteful it might be."
"That you have been engaged in some sort of secret service work? Not from any slip on your part, if that is what is worrying you."
"These injuries were not made by a bullet," I said, flinching as another fold of cloth parted, to display a row of ragged gashes just above his collarbone.
"It isn’t always easy to distinguish right from wrong, is it? More often the choice is between better and worse."
"I had to clear my throat before I went on. 'I always suspected you pretended to sleep so you wouldn’t have to listen to me sing.'"
"You might have been attacked on your way home, by a thief."
"‘No,’ I admitted. ‘Cairo thieves don’t carry firearms. The only people who do...'"
"Don’t worry, Mother. It’s all right, you know."
"‘Leave it to me,’ Emerson fingered the cleft in his chin. ‘If I understand the situation correctly, the important thing is that you must be seen today behaving normally and with no sign of injury.’"
"‘I’m not making much sense, am I?’ ‘It makes excellent sense to me,’ I said gently."
"A little fall, that is all, but you know how Ramses is, he insisted on carrying me back."
"‘Defending her young,’ said David, with a horrible, distorted grin."
"I think so. I will know whether you carry out your orders. Maas salameh."
"‘Close your eyes,’ Emerson said softly, doing it for me. His fingers moved from my eyelids to my cheek."
"We've pushed our luck too far already. It is a miracle Fatima hasn’t decided this room needs cleaning, or Nefret hasn’t spotted you."
"I must be outside the Club before midnight, Aunt Amelia."
"No," said Ramses. "We agreed at the outset that David was to stay far, far away from Wardani’s old haunts and Wardani’s people."
"Our holiday celebrations were happier than I had expected, possibly because I had not expected very much."
"Yes, sit down. And you, Peabody, stop fussing."
"I cannot wait to begin!" I cried, bending my knees and thrusting.
"He caught it quite deftly and went on pensively, 'I have never married a lady of your coloring.'"
"What the devil do you mean by this, Selim? Nothing has been disturbed."
"To be sure, there was no actual depiction of this precise procedure in any of the tomb reliefs."
"By the time we reached the house all the men except Daoud, who had taken his turn as carrier, were on the verge of collapse."
"The triumph is yours, my dear Emerson, therefore I will allow you to choose the restaurant."
"It was located on the edge of the Khan el Khalili."
"Turning to Nefret, I brushed the hair back from her forehead. 'Perhaps you ought to stay here and rest,' I said."
"Despair drains the strength, not only of the one who expresses it but of the one who is told of it."
"You are a fine one to criticize my appearance, with that big purple lump on your forehead."
"The smells were no less remarkable. Charcoal fires, donkey and camel dung, unwashed human bodies, spices and perfumes, baking bread and broiling meat blended into an indescribable whole."
"But we always have done, you know; the cat Bastet went everywhere with Ramses."
"The thought that a stranger — or worse, a person I know — might read these letters is constantly in my mind."
"It is pointless to complain that the world isn’t the way it ought to be."
"Goodness, I sound like a little old lady, rocking and recalling the memories of her youth."
"One must be patient; it will take time to convince 'respectable' women — and their conservative husbands — that we will not offend their modesty or their religious principles."
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast, particularly in mine, for I am by nature an optimistic individual."
"Trying to catch a fly with honey than with vinegar."
"I had realized early on that the present confusion in Egypt would be irresistible to a man of Sethos’s profession."
"Sometimes I think I am the only cool-headed individual in this entire family."
"The worst possible answer was that he had told them only of our arrangement with him."
"An entire morning wasted on a piece of bureaucratic bombast."
"The sun had passed the zenith and had started westward. The air was still blisteringly hot, and the flies seemed to have multiplied a thousandfold."
"Emerson’s eye couldn’t be faulted; this was no way station."
"Emerson gave his son a look of reproach. 'You needn’t shout, my boy.'"
"Goddamn you, Father, will you stop behaving as if you were omnipotent and omniscient?"
"The rifle spoke again. Sand spurted up from beside the carcass of the horse."
"I doubt it," Ramses said, drawing a deep breath. "Taught him to keep his head down, I hope."
"Finally Emerson turned south, skirting the steep slopes of one of the smaller gebels."
"Ramses looked round. A few yards to his right the ground dropped into a kind of hollow."
"Better let him have a few more reminders to keep his head down," Emerson suggested.
"That’s all, is it?" They both ducked their heads as another shot whistled past.
"Your arm. It isn’t . . ." His eyes met those of Ramses. "Hmph. Whatever you say, my boy."
"My name . . ." He hesitated. "Heinrich Fechter. My father is a banker in Berlin."
"We must have one, Peabody. I will take you for a ride in the sidecar."
"The hand that rested on my shoulder fell away as I leaped back."
"An offering which the King gives of bread and beer, oxen and fowl, alabaster and clothing . . ."
"She wore a simple straight shift and he a kilt pleated on one side."
"Forget that, Emerson," I said. "It is over and done with."
"The Professor is wearing a sword; he can challenge the offender. That would be much more romantic."
"I will not describe the ball; it was like others we had attended, except for the uniforms."
"Not yet," said Emerson hopefully. "They are playing a waltz, Peabody. Will you dance?"
"Hand her over, Ramses," he ordered. "The waltzes are all mine, you know."
"He can never deceive us again, Ramses. We know his real nature too well."
"Look there," I said to Emerson, and then wished I had kept silent.
"We were several miles south of the city, on the road to Helwan, when Ramses tapped his father on the shoulder."
"Don’t be childish, Melinda," Ramses said sternly. "Come downstairs with me at once."
"Enjoy your walk?" his father inquired, giving him a cue he didn’t need.
"You aren’t going on foot, I hope," said Emerson.
"My turn to apologize, I believe, but you really oughn’t trust anyone to behave like a gentleman when you are alone with him in the moonlight."
"You never cease to amaze me. Are you seriously suggesting I should —"
"Your confidence is flattering, Mother, if somewhat exaggerated. I might have to use both hands."
"I’ll leave that to you," said Emerson. "I can’t see that it matters."
"I ought to have gone after her and shaken some sense into her."
"That’s what I’m afraid of," Ramses said. "Time to retreat, Mother, she’s standing up."
"They are playing a waltz, a piece with which I was not familiar, sweet and rather slow."
"I don’t know." Emerson stroked his chin reflectively. "We cannot assume it will coincide with the hour of the uprising."
"Yes, I am. And so are you. He has earned the right to give them."
"I was thinking of Johnny," I said with a sigh. "When it is too late, one always wishes one had said more, expressed one’s feelings more openly."
"I have a fairly good idea. Whatever would Lord Edward say? ‘Torture’s caddish, you know.’"
"Our efforts to distract ourselves with work failed miserably."
"Gardening can minister to a mind diseased, as Shakespeare puts it."