"I found that married life gave me the……" — Jean Plaidy
"I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since childhood; and so I started to write in earnest."
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Jean Plaidy
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13 Quotes by Jean Plaidy
Jean Plaidy has 13 quotes on this site.
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It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them.
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It is to live that requires courage, not to die....
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I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep…
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We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which…
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When I was 14 and living in London, I'd go around Hampton Court Palace with its marvelous atmosphere, through the…
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Gentlemen, if my love for you equaled my ignorance of everything concerning you, it would indeed be unbounded.
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How stupid lovers can be! But if they were not, there would be no story.
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I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others.
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I was always amused by the prayers of the saintly. “God do this, God don’t do that.” I thought God…
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But our lives were not as they seemed, were they, Sophia? No one's life ever is.
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Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.
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One should not brood on the past, one must hope for the future.
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All…
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was…
— Paul Auster
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of…
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions.…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
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