“When the Romantic Novelists' Association was founded 35 years ago (in 1960) the image was of pink fluffy bimbos. Now, the view of life through rose-coloured spectacles has gone out of the window. A realistic background and certainly a more realistic relationship between a man and a woman are the important things.”

“All books are escapism. They are life with the boring bits cut out.”

“Dr. Dorothy Tennov, a psychologist, has done long-range studies on the in-love phenomenon. After studying scores of couples, she concluded that the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years.”

“Positive, affirming relationships bring great pleasure while poor relationship brings great pain. Greatest happiness found in good relationships, greatest pain found in bad relationships”

“Happy is the woman who has a man that shares the little things in life with her.”

“Each of us has an individualized perception of the purposes of money, and we have various emotions associated with spendint it.”

“Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly.”