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A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1) QUOTES

A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1) QUOTES

1 " 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 , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

2 " Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

3 " 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 , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

4 " In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

5 " 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 , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

6 " inert and seemingly lifeless. "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

7 " 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 , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

8 " make money. To keep myself "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

9 " and with great solemnity, ‘I’m glad yer stopped ’em fighting. I’m scared "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

10 " overnight. It had been "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

11 " 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 , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

12 " carried a nosegay of summer flowers. Winston "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

13 " 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 , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

14 " a damp June morning Emma accompanied them "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

15 " no such thing as death in her lexicon, and that as long as I lived and you lived she would live, too, for we would carry the memory of her in our hearts for ever. "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

16 " Because people are always afraid of what they do not know, what they do not understand, the unfamiliar or the different, and "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

17 " God doesn’t give us a burden that is too heavy to bear. "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

18 " Emma loved her father and understood the nature of him, but he had disturbed her not a little in the last few months. Her dad just wasn’t the same since he had returned from the Boer War. "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

19 " what does that mean, that word “mavourneen”? "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)

20 " Irish word for dear or darlin’, Emma. Like the word “luv” the Yorkshire folk are always using. It ain’t no rude word, little colleen. Affectionate is the best way of describing it, I am thinking. Besides, who would be rude to a spry young ejicated lady like ye?’ he finished, adopting his most serious voice, his most gallant manner. "

― Barbara Taylor Bradford , A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)