Children Quote by Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Why do these big old country houses always have family portraits in the dining room? Do you really want to eat with someone's gloomy…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Sex on a rainy afternoon is like getting all the gloom and wetness to go away for a while. And afterwards you don't even…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

I have lived my life in the slipstream of experience

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“It seemed awful that the only things she knew about him were those that made him miserable.”

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Charity couldn't bring herself to cry on Lady Beddington's shoulder -- not until after she'd mopped up a plate or two of spaghetti with…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

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

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Sir Humphrey's stories about Africa made Charity feel exactly like one of his stuffed trophy heads -- lifeless and glassy eyed. The only difference…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

Holidays were invented so single women could overeat without feeling guilty.

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past.

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

It's not a luxury if you can't do without it!

— Elizabeth Jane Howard