25 Quotes by Victoria Holt

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.

Never underestimate yourself, Miss Jessie. People are going to think you’re not up to much if you think that way yourself.

It will be a compromise, but that’s what the marriage often is.

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.

You always look as though you think people aren’t going to like you – that’s your trouble.

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.

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...