“Sit down and tell me everything, child. Hurt feelings and hopeless despair are no match for tea and biscuits.”

“Charity felt rather snoozy after the long sermon, and she was really very grateful when Reverend Meeps offered her a cup of tea. Church was not so bad when the minister remembered you were only human.”

“She looked as though everything that she didn't like had happened to her.”

“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.”

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

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

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