People always assume that bachelors are single by choice and spinsters because nobody asked them. It never enters their heads that poor bachelors might have worn the knees of their trousers out proposing to girls who rejected them or that… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
it's a good idea to wait a few months before joining anything when you arrive at a village. A bookseller friend who retired to nearby Oxfordshire, and was worried he might be bored, got himself on to every village committee… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969. — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
There is something infinitely dingy about the word workshop. Pray that England doesn't become a nation of workshopkeepers. — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
Although it is the biggest time-waster in office life, you must never underrate the importance of the memo. You will be judged by the… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
Go to lots of interviews, at least one a month even when you don't need a job, to keep in training for when you… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
I would really like to spend more time with the family. Every time I go abroad I miss them all dreadfully. — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
“The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.” — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
Leo, sadly, has Parkinsons, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things. — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half. — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
