C. G. D. Roberts Quotes

Because when you hate something, you stop doing it.

I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them.

Make a life with me, one that comes from love, one that I can watch grow in you. Only a fool would believe that what comes from what we have together would be anything but beautiful.

You want safe? Find a nice puppy you can train to come heel. Love's supposed to be scary. Because if there's no fear, there's no thrill.

The man's got more money than God, and he sends you a bag of coffee?

Sometimes it’s all you can do,” he murmured. “Fight back; run wild, until you get it all out.” “Sometimes there is nothing to fight and nowhere to run.

When you love someone, you have to be with them, don't you? To be part of their life, to have them be part of yours." Glory in Death

Don't 'honey' me in that southern-fried twang.

We're not blank slates. What we've done, what we've survived all go into us.

How's it going down there?" "It's weird. They're too polite, they talk funny, and stuff has too much shine on it. But the coffee's worse than Central's, so that's something.

I think those who have impact and influence over us are often unaware.

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.

Do you believe in reincarnation?...I was wondering why some connections seem so easy, so natural, as if they'd already been made and are getting picked up again.

Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.

I think things happen between people for a reason.

I think sometimes fate cuts you a break. Like it says, okay, you've had enough of that crap, so it's time you fell into something nice. See what you make out of it.

I see you've destroyed another police vehicle. Perhaps you now hold the record.

And you're not going to tell me she didn't make a move on you. At least test the waters." "The waters," he said, "were not receptive." "If they had been, I'd have drowned her in them already.

Look, if some guy dressed in his mother's clothes breaks in, fight him off until I get my pants back on.

If I can make you unhappy, then I can make you happy as well.

I’ve been happy alone and I’ve been unhappy without you. I never wanted to depend on anyone, or to let myself care so much I could be made unhappy. But I depend on you and I love you.

Love without trust? It's not love at all.

You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.

...those who love suffer when who they love suffers.

Love makes saints or sinners out of men.

...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.

Men shake hands after they beat each other up; we eat chocolate.

Please let me go." "Anna." He lowered his brow to hers. "Don't ask me to do that, because I don't think I can live without you. Take a chance, roll the dice. Come with me.

The outward appearance would never indicate they were brothers. (...) But she could see that at the moment they were as united as triplets in the womb.

The purest magic is in the heart.

He loves me." "You sound surprised." "Nobody ever did. Not like this. It's easy to say, for some people. The words. But it's not just words with Roarke. He sees inside me, and it doesn't matter.

Men are boys in bigger packages.

That was the biggest problem with getting used to someone, she thought. You were lonely when they weren't there.

Ive gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time Ive spent with them.

You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it.

Nature will kill you without a minute's thought, and in nastier ways than a crazy guy with agun. It doesn't make her any less beautiful.

For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.

You saved me, Eve." He watched her blink in absolute shock. "What you are, what I feel for you, what we are together saved me." He kept his eyes on hers as he kissed her.

Once she'd been a victim- helpless, used, and broken. Now, she was a warrior.

Every single book is a challenge.

Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.

You can't argue with math, Carter. You'll always lose.

Give them your brains, girl, never your guts.

Marriage is a land mine. A really intimate land mine. Adultery to kitchen fires. Never a dull [moment].

When you reach for the stars, you lose blood and tears. That's something you should remember.

Retirement wasn't a reward at the end of a well-run career ... it was a void surrounded by endless dull hours, haunted by memories of work.

Love didn't run on logic. It didn't follow neat lines or a list of priorities.

You're going to be unemployed if you really think you just have to sit around and wait for the muse to land on your shoulder.

I don't let myself believe in writer's block. I feel very strongly writing is habit as much as an art or a craft. And if you write crap, you're still writing.

Presbyterians are the spirit of the Antichrist.