Barbara Cartland, British Novelist Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.

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

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.