Danielle Steel

I studied literature design and fashion design.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

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.

The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.

No man can take your freedom from you. They can limit your mobility, but that's about all they can do

You have to move forward in life. You can__ sit in the same place, unless you want to, that__ a choice too. But you can__ sit there because someone else says you have to, because your moving forward makes them uncomfortable.__xcerpt From: Steel, Danielle. __ountry._ Delacorte Press, 2015-06-16. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

Whatever we decide we don't want in life (whether it's dating, houses, neighborhoods, jobs, partners, or dogs), the fates usually intervene to open our eyes and prove us wrong.

It just goes to show, never say never, or the next thing you know, you__l be doing what you said you never would, owning a dog you swore you didn__ want and walking (or carrying) a tiny, totally enchanting little dog on a rhinestone-studded pink leash.

She was so full of holes now, she was like a Swiss cheese.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

Those who had seen eyes like hers before understood instantly that she was a woman who had suffered, but wore it well, with dignity and grace. Rather than dragging her down into depression, her pain had lifted her into a peaceful place. She was not a Buddhist, but shared philosophies with them, in that she didn__ fight what happened to her, but instead drifted with it, allowing life to carry her from one experience to the next. It was that depth and wisdom that shone through her work. An acceptance of life as it really was, rather than trying to force it to be what one wanted, and it never could be. She was willing to let go of what she loved, which was the hardest task of all. And the more she lived and learned and studied, the humbler she was. A monk she had met in Tibet called her a holy woman, which in fact she was, although she had no particular affinity for any formal church. If she believed in anything, she believed in life, and embraced it with a gentle touch. She was a strong reed bending in the wind, beautiful and resilient.

Don't worry about it. The right thing will come at the right time.

I love you and I will until the end of time.And just as she said the words, two bright stars drifted past them overhead and disappeared into the night sky together_

His smiles were hard won, but when they came, they were well worth it. They lit up his face like summer sunshine. The rest of the time, and far more frequently, he seemed lost in winter. And when he laughed, he was a different person.

I'd love to be a writer one day

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.

People are so obsessed with that these days. As long as you're healthy, what difference do a few pounds make? Crazy diets. Thirteen-year-old girls on magazine covers who wind up in hospitals because they're so anorexic. Real women don't look like that. And who wants them to? No one wants a woman who looks sick or like she;s been from a refugee camp.