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

Barbara Taylor Bradford

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

Anyone Ask Writer Thinking Unpopular
She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Hands Knowing Waiting
Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Needs Powerful Strong Women
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.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Eight Thinking Writing
I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Biography Era Giving
Life always gets harder towards the summit – the cold increases, responsibility increases
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Cold Life Responsibility
Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Always Expect Succeed Woman
Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Defend Happened Life never
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.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Knowing Relaxation Stress
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
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Clouds Envy Hate
Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Matter Priceless Reminders
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.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Go Letting Past Perspective
Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Enjoy Horse Morning
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
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Life Lying Men
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.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Adventure Book Writing
A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Persons Simplest Taste