Elizabeth Jane Howard Quotes

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.

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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 watched. And wept. And was still smiling when she fell asleep at three o'clock in the morning, with the remote in her hand and the telly still going.

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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 sleep. Charity found it was a struggle to believe her; but then it was a struggle just keeping her eyes open. By the time the guest room was ready, Charity was sprawled out face-downwards on the sofa, sound asleep, her tears already forgotten. And that's what it means to be young, Lady Beddington thought, smiling.

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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 been hunting for a mate as well.

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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!

~ 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 late.

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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 counting on her! But then again, Lady Margaret didn't have big brown eyes and a cheeky grin.

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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 bed. And if you're like me, after an hour or two of watching all those sexy goings-on you forget the silly story entirely and fall asleep. Just like it's bedtime!

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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 strategy. She was sound asleep on the sofa when Lady Margaret got back from London.

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

~ Elizabeth Jane Howard