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

About Barbara Cartland

Barbara Cartland was an English writer known as the ‘Queen of Romance’ who published over 700 romance novels, many of which were adapted for television. She was one of the best-selling authors of the 20th century, with her books translated into numerous languages and selling over 750 million copies worldwide.

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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

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

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

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

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

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

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

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

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

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

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

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

I’ll keep going till my face falls off.

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

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

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I’ll go on with my virgins.

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)