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1 " When one grows older one learns that happiness—complete and unadulterated happiness—comes only in moments, and must be recognized and savored to the full, for even in the happiest life, the complete joy is not always present. "
― Victoria Holt , The Legend of the Seventh Virgin
2 " Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience. "
― Victoria Holt
3 " I wanted to learn more of love- that is built not on the shifting sands of violent passion but on the steady rock of deep and abiding affection. "
― Victoria Holt , The Shadow of the Lynx
4 " Ha! Rollo! "
― Victoria Holt , The Demon Lover
5 " They say that one chooses one’s friends, but one’s relations are thrust upon one. "
― Victoria Holt , The India Fan
6 " We are born, we suffer, we love, we die, but the waves continue to beat upon the rocks; the seed time and the harvest come and go, but the earth remains. "
― Victoria Holt , Mistress of Mellyn
7 " The more I disliked myself the more wretched I grew. The difference now was that this mood did not manifest itself in sullen silence; I merely made use of my barbed tongue to wound them and spoil their pleasure. "
― Victoria Holt , Menfreya in the Morning
8 " Never underestimate yourself, Miss Jessie. People are going to think you’re not up to much if you think that way yourself. "
― Victoria Holt , The Pride of the Peacock
9 " You always look as though you think people aren't going to like you--that's your trouble. "
10 " You persuade yourself that all is well even though you are feeling bored or unfulfilled and you are not sure if your husband or wife is your Soul mate. You have tried your best and you have created a pretty good life for yourself despite your circumstances. ‘At least you are safe’ your damaged self whispers. ‘At least no one suspects how wounded you are. In fact, I do not even think you are damaged anymore. Look at your nice home, your spouse, your career status, your wealth and all of your nice possessions. You are a success, you fool. "
― Victoria Holt ,
11 " So, Kerensa, you should never regret any experience, good or evil; for there's some good in what's bad just as there be bad in good... "
12 " How strange is life. Suddenly when one has almost made up one’s mind to a certain action it casually throws an opportunity into one’s path. "
― Victoria Holt , The Secret Woman
13 " there was more to life than being comfortable and living one day after another, quietly, unadventurously, almost like waiting for death. "
14 " It seemed I had briefly stepped into a world where people did wild things and paid for them; but it had made me see that there was more to life than being comfortable and living one day after another, quietly, unadventurously, almost like waiting for death. "
15 " But somehow at the back of my mind was the feeling that if I did “the sensible thing” I would regret it, for I would be choosing a way of life that would be so predictable, it would rob me of all the excitement that made up the savor of living. If "
16 " He had all the most charming and irresistible gestures that a girl deeply in love looks for and who refuses to tell herself that they may have been acquired through long practice. "
17 " People don’t always see what their eyes tell them is there. They see what they have made up their minds to see, and I’m afraid they might make up their minds that something done by a woman could not possibly be as good as that done by a man. "
18 " I like a work of art for what it means to me. "
19 " I was excited because getting to know oneself was exciting. I was beginning to believe that I had the power to influence my own personality. "
20 " It has always astonished me how changes come into one's life. The gradual change becomes acceptable, but sudden shock, presenting itself without warning to shatter the existence so completely that nothing will ever be the same again, makes me uneasily aware of the perpetual uncertainties of life. "
