Barbara-havers Quote by Elizabeth George

“I imagine she came out of the birth canal holding a cupcake and a spatula.”

— Katja Millay

“Abbey was born to sophistication, whereas I was more Barbara than Buckingham Palace Windsor.”

— Samantha Tonge

“Clarissa said she would buy the flowers herself.”

— Virginia woolf

“Now, even as her family grieved, she was giving birth again.”

— Mark Oristano

“Pouring tea was just what she needed right now. Such a civilizing force, tea. She would nip sugar with little silver tongs. Stir milk…

— Tessa Dare

“It was done the day you took me to that house in Bryanston Square, she said. Or even, the time before that, when you…

— Sarah Waters

“She had been to a tea-party with an antediluvian monster, and that they had been waited on by up-to-date men-servants.”

— Bram Stoker

“But down from the end of the path it looked so charming that she wished she could paint it in watercolours—the great trees, the…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment...”

— Louisa May Alcott

“And it was so nice to see her again and have a long talk over old times. Her sister Em was there, too, with…

— L.M. Montgomery

“She'd had a glimpse of a possible future-the pretty cottage, the garden full of flowers and vegetables, bread in the oven, a bowl of…

— Kate Atkinson

“She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies. Men looked at her and wanted to fill her up with babies…

— Kurt Vonnegut