“History is gossip that's been legitimized, and that's really the case when you get into some of the Roman historians. Wow! They'd be right at home on reality tv.”

“What color was the scorpion? I remembered the question Henenu had asked me years ago. The answer was vital: brown scorpions didn't have the power to kill humans, but white ones did.'Brown.' He summoned up a wobbly smile. 'Not very big, either. I shouldn't be carrying on like this. You'll think I'm a child.''Not many children know the kind of words you were using,' I replied dryly.”

“Aphrodite had the beauty; Zeus had the thunderbolts. Everyone loved Aphrodite, but everyone listened to Zeus.”

“If we don't see to it that our children turn out better than we did, what will become of the world?”

“The world is full of marvels, if you're willing to travel far enough to see them.”

“Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed”

“What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.”