But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. - Elizabeth Peters

Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.

..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.

...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes.