“If you feel compelled to give a New Year's Eve party, don't invite people to arrive too early or they'll go off the boil before midnight.” PeopleIfsGivingFeelsYearsPartyInvitesNew YearMidnightCompelledNew Years Eve Book:How to Survive Christmas Source: How to Survive Christmas
“it's a good idea to wait a few months before joining anything when you arrive at a village. A bookseller friend who retired to nearby Oxfordshire, and was worried he might be bored, got himself on to every village committee in the first six months, and spent the next ten years extricating himself.” YearsFirstsIdeasMightNextWaitingMonthsTenSixWorriedBoredVillageGood IdeasCommitteesSix MonthsRetiredJoiningBooksellers Book:Angels Rush In Source: Angels Rush In
“I think we ought to have a kindness year, or a kindness century.” ThinkingYearsKindKindnessCenturyOught Author:Jilly Cooper