My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORDHe 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
More Barbara Taylor Bradford Quotes
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Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
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Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section.
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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.
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I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.
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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.
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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.
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Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Life always gets harder towards the summit – the cold increases, responsibility increases
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Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.
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A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
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Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.
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