Barbara

“He shook his head in wonder. "You are magnificent."

"I keep telling everyone that," she said with a nonchalant shrug, "But you seem to be the only one to believe me.”
― Julia Quinn, To Sir Phillip, With Love

“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

“No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind.”
― Julia Quinn, When He Was Wicked

“Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”
― Elizabeth Taylor