People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?
Nancy MitfordThe English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat of arms.
Nancy MitfordLife is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.
Nancy Mitfordthe test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a 100 carat diamond, or again soft as a feather bed, or running like a cooling stream, they can also burst like fireworks from their shells and take on the look and rubbery texture of a baby octopus. Never a dull egg, with me.
Nancy Mitford