Quotes by Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Charity felt rather snoozy after the long sermon, and she was really very grateful when Reverend Meeps offered her a cup of tea. Church was not so bad when the minister remembered you were only human.”

“You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past.”

“Charity knew that she had to be up early in the morning. And she knew that a weepy, silly, ridiculously old-fashioned love story was not the thing to watch with a broken heart. Nevertheless, she wa...”

“Charity groped for the phone, coming up with it at last and croaking "hello" in a voice that sounded exactly like a bullfrog's mating call. Which made a kind of twisted sense -- last night she'd be...”

“Charity felt crumpled and wrung out after her cry, like a sponge that had gone through a week of dishes. Of course Lady Beddington said things would be better in the morning, after a good night's s...”

“Holidays were invented so single women could overeat without feeling guilty.”

“Giving the rugged repairman the eye was one thing -- but Charity had no intention of snogging away a whole rainy afternoon when she was supposed to be catching up on her work. Lady Margaret was cou...”

“A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.”

“A massage is just like a movie, really relaxing and a total escape, except in a massage you're the star. And you don't miss anything by falling asleep!”

“I'm not lazy. I'm just really gifted, only instead of being good at music or math I'm good at sleeping late.”

“Why do they call them daytime dramas, anyway? Shouldn't they be bedtime dramas? All anyone ever talks about is getting someone into bed! Plus if you're at home watching, you're probably watching in...”

“You can't oversleep if you don't make plans to wake up early.”

“The real point of watching television is to forget that you have a brain.”

“Some girls have a real sexy giggle, but whenever I laugh it always comes out somewhere between a bellow and a snort!”

“Why does getting ahead always have to involve getting up early?”

“Sir Humphrey looked like a sleepy old hippo -- and when he yawned in that big, big, hippopotamus way Charity couldn't help doing likewise.”

“Charity knew she had to begin looking for a job soon. Definitely tomorrow, or the next day. Or perhaps the day after that. Charity didn't believe in procrastination. She just needed to plan her str...”

“It's not a luxury if you can't do without it!”

“When you fall asleep after a big lunch you're really just saving up energy to work off all the calories later on.”

“Laughter is just like champagne -- only without the headache afterwards.”