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

“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.”

“Lady Margaret believed in the three D's: Discipline, Desire, and Determination. But as she listened dutifully to her new employer, hiding her yawns and trying to sit up extra straight in her chair, Charity Hill began thinking of all the lovely things that began with S, such as Sleeping Late, Sex, and Shopping.”

“She laughed at bad jokes, stayed out too late, and overslept too often. Charity Hill loved holidays and she hated budgets and the alarm clock.”

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

“A good mystery keeps you up on Saturday night. A bad mystery puts you to sleep on Sunday afternoon. Either way, you come out ahead.”