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

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!

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

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

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

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

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