Our parents provided us with the essentials, then got on with their own lives. Which makes me realise that my parents were brilliant, not for what they did, but more for what they didn’t do. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
If there’s anything worse than being 16, it’s having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
It’s often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it’s all utterly pointless. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
It’s very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me ‘a coffee’ they tend to regret it – I’m worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
In Germany, salads are assemblies of ham and mayonnaise, not trendy tossed leaves. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: ‘I’ll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,’ to a bored colourist in a Mayfair salon, which is much more satisfying, not to mention cheap. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing. Rachel Johnson Read Quote
