Barbara cartland

People don't roll around naked in my books. I do allow them to go to bed if they're married, but it's all very wonderful and the moon beams.

I'll keep going till my face falls off.

A woman asking 'Am I good? Am I satisfied?' is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be.

Good must triumph over evil. It usually does in life and in any case it's bad for young people to believe it doesn't.

Every man has been brought up with the idea that decent women don't pop in and out of bed; he has always been told by his mother that "nice girls don't." He finds, of course, when he gets older that this may be untrue-but only in a certain section of society.

Love is next to Godliness with certain safeguards.

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.

The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.

The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.

When you get past fifty, you have to decide whether to keep your face or your figure. I kept my face.

The reason why Englishmen are the best husbands in the world is because they want to be faithful. A Frenchman or an Italian will wake up in the morning and wonder what girl he will meet. An Englishman wakes up and wonders what the cricket score is.

Every woman dreams of love. When she is young she prays she will find it. When she is middle aged she hopes for it and when she is old she remembers it.

A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman to know any more than what her husband is prepared to teach her. If she gets married knowing far too much about what she wants and doesn't want then she will be ready to find fault with her husband.

My heroines are always virgins. They never go to bed without a ring on their fingers; not until page 118 at least.

To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her.

You become what you think. You are what you eat.

I would love to employ a man, but how can I possibly give a man dictation from the bath?

I consider myself an expert on love, sex and health. Without health you can have very little of the other two.

France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.

A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.

A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.

I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

I always wear boot polish on my eyelashes, because I am a very emotional person and it doesn't run when I cry.

Author details

Barbara Cartland: Biography and Life Work

Barbara Cartland was a notable Novelist. The story of Barbara Cartland began on 9 July 1901 in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The legacy of Barbara Cartland continues today, following their passing on 21 May 2000 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) was an English writer who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period . Cartland is one of the best-selling authors worldwide of the 20th century.

Legacy and Personal Influence

Personally, Barbara Cartland was married to Alexander McCorquodale (divorced), Hugh McCorquodale.

Philosophical Views and Reflections

Cartland wrote several biographies of major figures, including Metternich: The Passionate Diplomat in 1964, The Outrageous Queen: A Biography of Christina of Sweden in 1956, The Private Life of Charles II: The Women He Loved in 1958, and Josephine, Empress of France in 1961. Her biography of Klemens von Metternich focused on his many love affairs and contained passages such as: "He was a virile, experienced and satisfying lover.... Even the most sophisticated women felt as if in his arms they learnt something they had never known before. Every woman rose with him to heights of emotional ecstasy beyond the power of expression."

Her last project was to be filmed and interviewed for her life story (directed by Steven Glen for Blue Melon Films). The documentary, Virgins and Heroes , includes early home ciné footage and Dame Barbara launching her website with pink computers, in early 2000.

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