Barbara Taylor Bradford Quotes

Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.

We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.

A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.

Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.

Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases

I will never stop writing. People often ask when I will retire, but I say it's none of their business. Writing defines who I am. I love the feeling of holding a finished book in my hands, and then I can't wait to start the great adventure of writing the next one.

The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.

Love is a handful of seeds, marriage the garden, and like your gardens, Paula, marriage requires total commitment, hard work, and a great deal of love and care. Be ruthless with the weeds. Pull them out before they take hold. Bring the same dedication to your marriage that you do to your gardens and everything will be all right. Remember that a marriage has to be constantly replenished too, if you want it to flourish.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays

In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work

If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.

This parting cannot be for long; for those who love as we do cannot be parted. We shall always be united in thought, and thought is a great magnet. I have often spoken to thee of reason, now i speak to thee of faith

Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.

Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

It's different when the person you love dies. There's an awful finality to death. But it is final. The end. And there's the funeral, family gatherings, grieving, all of those necessary rituals. And they help, believe me. When the object of your love just disappears, there's no way to deal with the grief and pain.

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

Elizabeth lay face-down on the massage table, and allowed Marco to relieve the stress of the business day with firm and knowing fingers. Success, she decided, was often a matter of knowing when to relax.

Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.

What is done can never be undone.

Successful women don't sleep until noon.

She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.