The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.
From Jilly Cooper
I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.
For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.
Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.
If you look across the valley, you can see exactly what I mean: about four beautiful houses, and you think something is happening in each of them. It's like a mural.
But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.
I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.
You've simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether they'll be there tomorrow, do you?
I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.
There is nothing more attractive than a man who is not a New Man.
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