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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.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

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

Moderation Opinion Virtue
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
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
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
Life always gets harder towards the summit – the cold increases, responsibility increases
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Cold Life Responsibility
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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