"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."
"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 watch..."
"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 slee..."
"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 ..."
"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."
"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 counti..."