Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers

“In the end, it takes phenomenal neatness of housekeeping to put it through the heads of men that they are swine.”

— Eudora Welty

“My office door slams open, leaving a dent in the drywall. Here we go. “You are driving me crazy!” Her cheeks are flushed, her…

— Emma Chase

“It’s amazing how much a frail old woman will confide in a visiting nurse.’ She laughed and shook her head. ‘Imagine pouring out your…

— Barry Brennessel

“She attempts to give the impression of untiring activity, thereby underlining her importance. Meanwhile her colleagues calmly and expertly get on with the job…

— Steven Bach

“She is hysterical,” said Mrs. Halloran. “Slap her quite firmly in the face.”

— Shirley Jackson

“A headstrong maid, that she is-and won't listen to no advice at all. Pride and vanity have ruined many a cobbler's dog.”

— Thomas Hardy

“I have the overwhelming urge to pull her up out of her chair and kiss her in front of everyone, then scream my resignation…

— Colleen Hoover

“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself.”

— Charles Dickens

“On the way out I pass another sales clerk. She’s a bit older and rather on the chubby side. As I’m about to push…

— Edward Trimnell

“A few minutes later, a very slim, very directed black-haired woman with olive skin and a classic profile swept into the room. Her hair…

— Stephen J. Cannell

“Running the house like a well-oiled machine even when she was not there. Running it so well that all anyone noticed was the rare…

— Lisa Verge Higgins

“As she hung up on her end, she actually fanned herself with her hand, something she’d assumed people only did in TV commercials and…

— J.R. Ward