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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

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
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
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
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.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Blame Country People Person Reminder Way
What is done can never be undone.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Done never Undone
A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Persons Simplest Taste
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
Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Light Stress Thinking
Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Book Bookstores Romance
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
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
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Long Reason Speak
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
At the age of fifty-six Eleanor Stoddard was still a beautiful woman. She owned three hotels in France and another two in England. From nothing at all, she had built an empire. Eleanor had it all. Her one weakness was the young man sleeping beside her.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Beautiful Men Sleep
Successful women don’t sleep until noon.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Noon Sleep Successful
Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Needs Powerful Strong Women
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