The following, mostly random quotes are from Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters.
"{I am informed, by the self-appointed Critic who reads over my shoulder as I write, that I have already committed an error. If those seemingly simple English words do indeed imply that which I am told they imply to the vulgar, I must in justice to Evelyn find other phrasing.}"
"I sat up and, with a shout, reached out for the thing. I do not believe in apparitions. I wanted to get my hands on it, to feel the warmth and solidity of human flesh. Unfortunately, I had forgotten the confounded mosquito netting."
"My parasol was standing in the corner. I went and got it." Next page - "He was an agile fellow; he jumped nimbly back as I tried to bring the parasol down on his head, and when I raised it for a second attempt, Evelyn caught my arm. 'Pray don't break a good parasol,' she said, with a curling lip. 'He is not worth it.'"
"She was too kind, and too truthful. Both, I have found, are inconvenient character traits."
"His brother's danger and Evelyn's unexpected appearance had turned the poor boy's brains to mush. I realized that I must take charge.... I jabbed him with my parasol. He started, turned, and began to run back in the direction from which he had come."
"'There is absolutely no limit to this man's arrogant stupidity,' I exclaimed, as Walter came rushing to us. 'Fetch Michael and help your brother back to bed, Walter. And for pity's sake,' I added angrily, as Emerson's unconscious head rolled against my breast and bristly black hairs scratched me through the fabric of my bodice, 'for pity's sake, get rid of this beard!'"
"'That is the most ridiculous remark you have made as yet,' I said. 'And many of your remarks have been extremely silly.'"
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