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

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.

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

Why does getting ahead always have to involve getting up early?

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.

I'm not lazy. I'm just really gifted, only instead of being good at music or math I'm good at sleeping late.

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