“ You always look as though you think people aren't going to like you--that's your trouble. Victoria Holt
“ The more I disliked myself the more wretched I grew. The difference now was that this mood did not manifest itself in sullen silence; I merely made use of my barbed tongue to wound them and spoil thei… Victoria Holt
“ Do you know, when I stepped through that gate I felt as though I had walked into a new world...something quite different from anything I had known before. I felt that something tremendously dramatic w… Victoria Holt
“ Did it really happen as the legend said? Did they in truth dance here? Were they struck down in their defiance and turned to stone, to stand on this spot as the centuries passed? How fortunate they we… Victoria Holt
“ It has always astonished me how changes come into one's life. The gradual change becomes acceptable, but sudden shock, presenting itself without warning to shatter the existence so completely that not… Victoria Holt
“ He could see I meant what I said, and was temporarily defeated. He walked past me and into the corridor; his eyes were angry and malevolent. I was horrified because I realized that he really believed… Victoria Holt
“ Sometimes I sit at my window looking out on the towers of the Abbas and weep silently. No one must know how I suffered. No one must know how I failed. Sometimes I go and stand in the ring of stones an… Victoria Holt
“ There was more to life than being comfortable and living one day after another, quietly, unadventurously, almost like waiting for death. Victoria Holt
“ How strange is life. Suddenly when one has almost made up one’s mind to a certain action it casually throws an opportunity into one’s path. Victoria Holt
“ I did not wish her to go on in this strain because her poverty was something which obsessed her and like all obsessions was boring to other people. 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,… Victoria Holt
“ I despise you, I said. That is of no consequence. You are caught. There is no escape for you. You are wise enough to know that. Please keep away from me. Why, when I am pleased to be near you. You are… Victoria Holt
“ I had come to the end of a path and I did not know which way to go. And there was the easy road to take and everyone was pushing me toward it. What Victoria Holt
“ I was excited because getting to know oneself was exciting. I was beginning to believe that I had the power to influence my own personality. Victoria Holt
