Barbara Cartland

“Real love, which as you say, is what all women want – is the companionship of the mind, the heart and the soul.”

“And what about the body?” the Marquis enquired.

“It is everything and that, of course, is important, but what really matters is that a man and a woman look for the other half of themselves and, if they find it, then they are blissfully happy for ever.”

What is – wrong and – wicked – spoils the beauty that – God gave us.”

He also made us human,

but because you are very young, you are intolerant of human weakness. When you are older, you will understand that a man must seek happiness where he can find it.”

Never look for love, love will find you

She was unconscious and there was a raw mark on her dear forehead and he thought that she must have hit her head as the dinghy capsized

she had been told firmly that she must finish her education first.

f it is to be successful and happy, it must be because two people feel instinctively drawn to each other with their hearts and souls.”

“Y-you – are – safe!”

She could think only of his danger and not of what had been her own.

“I am safe now and in the future, thanks to you,” the Duke said in his deep voice.

Fiona learnt that the Earl had told his mother that he had wished to marry her himself, but realised that his suit was impossible.