My heroines are always virgins. They never go to bed without a ring on their fingers; not until page 118 at least.

A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman to know any more than what her husband is prepared to teach her. If she gets married knowing far too much about what she wants and doesn't want then she will be ready to find fault with her husband.

Good must triumph over evil. It usually does in life and in any case it's bad for young people to believe it doesn't.

Every woman dreams of love. When she is young she prays she will find it. When she is middle aged she hopes for it and when she is old she remembers it.

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

I consider myself an expert on love, sex and health. Without health you can have very little of the other two.

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.