Nora Roberts Quotes

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.

Love is not enough. But, it is the rock on which all else stands.

know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

It's hard to resist a bad boy who's a good man.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. they enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

We make destiny with every turn, every choice.

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

The wounded recognized the wounded.

You spend your life getting walked on, you learn to recognize the tread.

You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.

In the summer of 80, Silhouette bought my first book.

Why were there no buoys in life to show you the way?

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

Love birds don't always sing pretty tunes.

Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

What about your crepe?" "Stuff It." "She's crazy about you," Mavis commented. "It's almost embarrassing, the way she fawns.

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

Memories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play.

Potholes and bumps? Welcome to the world. Every road gas them. They're there to be navigated, avoided, driven over, or through to the other side. Don't keep driving into the pothole.

You have to believe in it to get it.

No second chance?" A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. "There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.

And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.

If you do not step forward you will always remain where you are.

Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.

When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

We all look. The lucky find.

Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little.

You can fix anything but a blank page.

Grab it while you can because tomorrow could suck you dry.

You can't edit a blank page

It looks like Armani and Cartier went to war.

I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical.

A relationship isn't something that has to be created in a day or perfected in a day. Part of the game is to keep working on it. It's something that'll always be just a little flawed.

I've found out that falling in love doesn't have anything to do with time. It can take a year or an instant. It happens when it's ready to happen.

Laying a hand on his heart, she timed its beats to her own. And knew the truest magic was there.

Everything I know, I learned from dogs.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.

Body adornments show that we're aware of our bodies and expect others to be aware as well.

I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

In all the illusions, you're the only truth that I need