Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher, OBEis a British writer of several short-stories and 28 romance novels and mainstream women's fiction from 1949 to 2000, when she retired from writing. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Her son is the writer Robin Pilcher...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 September 1924
country hangover elderly
I'm getting too elderly to travel the length of the country for a free hangover.
character forever lovers
It was good, and nothing good is truly lost. It stays part of a person, becomes part of their character. So part of you goes everywhere with me. And part of me is yours, forever
shapes patterns pages
Things happen they way they're meant to. There's a pattern and a shape to everything...Nothing happens without a reason...Nothing is impossible...(Page 180).
lost
It was good and nothing good is ever lost.
believe would-be courses
She believed, of course ... because without something to believe in, life would be intolerable.
doors people house
Other people's houses were always fascinating. As soon as you went through the door for the first time, you got the feel of the atmosphere, and so discovered something about the personalities of the people who lived there.
wind sea boots
They will come, not to paint the bay and the sea and the boots and the moors, but the warmth of the sun and the colour of the wind. A whole new concept. Such stimulation. Such vitality.
war joy fleeting
There's a war on. We don't know how anything's going to end. We just have to grasp each fleeting moment of joy as it whizzes by.
children parent independence
The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence.
riches
Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got.
sweet pain memories
Beyond the pain, life continues to be sweet. The basics are still there. Beauty, food and friendship, reservoirs of love and understanding. Later, possibly not yet, you are going to need others who will encourage you to make new beginnings. Welcome them. They will help you move on, to cherish happy memories and confront the painful ones with more than bitterness and anger.
character writing paper
Writing is work, but it's also a compulsion, and once you get your characters on paper, you can't abandon them. You have to respond to them.
unexpected wonderful surprise
Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners.
disappointment desolation hopefully
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment.