“Why do these big old country houses always have family portraits in the dining room? Do you really want to eat with… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Aristocracy Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“It seemed awful that the only things she knew about him were those that made him miserable.” — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Charity could chatter dorm-room Marxist theory with the best of them, but a single look from cool, silver-haired Lady Beddington was enough… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Heart Copy Share Image
For a single girl in London, luck isn't always a glass slipper that fits. Sometimes luck is a splash of mud from… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly keen on pity. Pity takes something away from grief. People think they're sharing it, but really they're just taking… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Grief Copy Share Image
“What I like about limousines is they have tinted windows, so no-one can see if you're snogging in the back seat.” — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
“Lady Margaret believed in the three D's: Discipline, Desire, and Determination. But as she listened dutifully to her new employer, hiding her… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Discipline Copy Share Image
“Wandering down the street in an aimless sort of way, cold too, in a dress from last night that made young men… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
