Quotes by "Danielle Steel"

Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.

Never lose hope, and if you can, find the courage to love again.

Things work out the way they're meant to

- O que pode você ou qualquer um de nós fazer para evitar ser abandonado, Timmie? - perguntou Jean Charles filosoficamente. - As pessoas têm o hábito de nos deixar na vida, mesmo que não sejamos órfãos ou tenhamos cinco anos. As pessoas que amamos morrem, maridos e mulheres fogem, somos despedidos do trabalho, mesmo que a culpa não seja nossa. E as pessoas que se amam por vezes magoam-se umas às outras, mesmo que seja a última coisa que queriam ou tencionavam fazer. A vida é dolorosa, e não há garantias. Se amamos alguém, a pessoa pode deixar-nos ou mandar-nos para o orfanato de outras maneiras. Todos já lá estivemos, em certa medida. Mas você muito mais do que a maioria. Lamento muito que tenha tido de passar por isso, principalmente em criança. Como a vida deve ter sido terrível para si - disse ele com simpatia.

It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.

I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

I always try to write about believable people.

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.

I wish I were braver, although I try.

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

My relationships were never equitable. My husbands were always older than me, and they made the rules, they ran the show, and I followed them.

When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.

Perfume is like a personal signature, which is why I like to mix my own. For years I've paired Femme by Rochas with Shalimar and love the results.

I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace.