Quotes from A Woman of Substance

Barbara Taylor Bradford ·  928 pages

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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, quote from A Woman of Substance


“Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


“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, quote from A Woman of Substance


“In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


“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, quote from A Woman of Substance



“You’ve got to admit it takes real genius to start out with nothing and build what she has so brilliantly built. Only”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


“Because people are always afraid of what they do not know, what they do not understand, the unfamiliar or the different, and that fear invariably turns to hate. Unreasoned hatred that makes no sense. In”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


“and with great solemnity, ‘I’m glad yer stopped ’em fighting. I’m scared”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


“There are some people who hate for no reason at all. They just simply hate. They do not realize that their unjustified hatred inevitably turns inward to destroy them. Yes, it is self-destructive in the long run.”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


“carried a nosegay of summer flowers. Winston”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance



“a damp June morning Emma accompanied them”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


“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, quote from A Woman of Substance


“arm more tightly, as much to quell her own fears as give support to Adele. When they finally reached the hall, Adele looked around swiftly and then she also shivered and drew her robe about her. It seemed”
― Barbara Taylor Bradford, quote from A Woman of Substance


About the author

Barbara Taylor Bradford
Born place: in Leeds, West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom
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