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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

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

Girl Giving Taste
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
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
What is done can never be undone.
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Done never Undone
Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
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Needs Powerful Strong Women
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
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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Defend Happened Life never
Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence.
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Matter Priceless Reminders
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
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
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.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Cousin Love Passion
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
Successful women don’t sleep until noon.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Noon Sleep Successful