Elizabeth Jane Howard Professions : Novelist Born : March 26, 1923 Died : January 2, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 18 quotes by Elizabeth Jane Howard It's better to oversleep and miss the boat than get up early and sink. Elizabeth Jane Howard boat up-early missing 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 lazy math sleep I think best in a hot bath, with my head tilted back and my feet up high. Elizabeth Jane Howard feet relaxation thinking You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past. Elizabeth Jane Howard feelings running past A massage is just like a movie, really relaxing and a total escape, except in a massage you're the star. And you don't miss anything by falling asleep! Elizabeth Jane Howard stars missing fall I have lived my life in the slipstream of experience Elizabeth Jane Howard language book 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 some. I prefer to keep my grief intact. Elizabeth Jane Howard grief people thinking Holidays were invented so single women could overeat without feeling guilty. Elizabeth Jane Howard guilty holiday feelings Sex is like petrol. It's a galvaniser, a wonderful fuel for starting a relationship. Elizabeth Jane Howard fuel wonderful sex Laughter is just like champagne -- only without the headache afterwards. Elizabeth Jane Howard champagne headache laughter A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty. Elizabeth Jane Howard rainy-day lovely sleep It's not a luxury if you can't do without it! Elizabeth Jane Howard luxury ifs Does breakfast in bed count as a morning workout? Elizabeth Jane Howard bed workout morning Why does getting ahead always have to involve getting up early? Elizabeth Jane Howard up-early doe When you fall asleep after a big lunch you're really just saving up energy to work off all the calories later on. Elizabeth Jane Howard saving-up lunch fall 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 Howard hunting phones night The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can't figure out who our living relatives are, then maybe we'll have more luck with the dead ones. Elizabeth Jane Howard divorce epidemics family For a single girl in London, luck isn't always a glass slipper that fits. Sometimes luck is a splash of mud from a passing bus. Elizabeth Jane Howard glasses girl luck Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
