Quotes by : Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

Charity liked brandy. She liked the way it burned her throat while soothing the ache in her heart.

Charity groped for the phone, coming up with it at last and croaking "hello" in a voice that sounded....

Why do they call them daytime dramas, anyway? Shouldn't they be bedtime dramas? All anyone ever talks....

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

A massage is just like a movie, really relaxing and a total escape, except in a massage you're the star.....

Sir Humphrey looked like a sleepy old hippo -- and when he yawned in that big, big, hippopotamus way....

Charity felt rather snoozy after the long sermon, and she was really very grateful when Reverend Meeps....

Charity felt crumpled and wrung out after her cry, like a sponge that had gone through a week of dishes.....

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