Barbara Cartland Quotes
Born: July 9, 1901
Barbara Cartland, the Queen of Romance, reigned over the literary world for nearly a century, penning over 700 novels that championed love as life’s greatest adventure. Her philosophy was simple yet profound: true connection transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Cartland believed in the power of pure, passionate love to heal, uplift, and inspire. Her timeless quotes resonate because they speak to the heart’s deepest longing—to be seen, cherished, and united. She taught that love is not a weakness but a magnificent strength. In her world, every soul deserves a happy ending, a belief that continues to comfort and captivate readers worldwide.
Barbara Cartland Quotes (11)
"Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex."
— Barbara Cartland"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."
— Barbara Cartland"As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins."
— Barbara Cartland"The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter."
— Barbara Cartland"A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts."
— Barbara Cartland"I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth."
— Barbara Cartland"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."
— Barbara Cartland"France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door."
— Barbara Cartland"I'll keep going till my face falls off."
— Barbara Cartland"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."
— Barbara Cartland"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."
— Barbara Cartland