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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.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

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

Book Bookstores Romance
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What is done can never be undone.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Done never Undone
Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

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

Girl Giving Taste
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