It seemed awful that the only things she knew about him were those that made him miserable.
Elizabeth Jane HowardShe laughed at bad jokes, stayed out too late, and overslept too often. Charity Hill loved holidays and she hated budgets and the alarm clock.
Elizabeth Jane HowardStichwörter: recklessness excitement-of-youth
Charity groped for the phone, coming up with it at last and croaking "hello" in a voice that sounded exactly like a bullfrog's mating call. Which made a kind of twisted sense -- last night she'd been hunting for a mate as well.
Elizabeth Jane HowardStichwörter: dating humor-relationships
Why can't they invent a pill that will keep you from remembering someone you don't want to remember?
Elizabeth Jane HowardCharity 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 buckets of cheap red wine.
Elizabeth Jane HowardStichwörter: comfort-food
You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past.
Elizabeth Jane HowardStichwörter: feelings wisdom-inspirational
I think best in a hot bath, with my head tilted back and my feet up high.
Elizabeth Jane HowardStichwörter: baths relaxation luxury
Charity liked brandy. She liked the way it burned her throat while soothing the ache in her heart.
Elizabeth Jane HowardCharity knew there was nothing more coarse and common than an afternoon in bed with a total stranger -- but the lad installing the telephone had a grin that made her heart turn flips.
Elizabeth Jane HowardStichwörter: sexy-humor
Men will consider deeply before they buy a tie or choose a meal; but when it comes to throwing aside their purpose in life, possibly life itself, they do not think at all. They consent to be marshalled, controlled, exposed to unimagined shock, mutilation and death, with barely a tremor, and their reasons for complying, if indeed they have any, would comparen most shamefully with their reasons for doing anything else.
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