Nora Roberts Quotes

That's possible to likely. We're involved, you and me. I'm telling you what I'm going to do because I figure when people are involved, when they matter, they tell each other.

You're the woman in my life,” he said. “Another thing about me and my brothers? We look after the women in our lives. We don't know any other way.

I hope that's true, because I figured out why I'd never finished it, what I was waiting for. I was waiting for you, Clare. For them. For us. I want to finish it up for you, for them, for us.

Getting a room's not always enough. Sometimes you gotta close the door.

Some romantic you are," Caine complained as he pushed the door open with his back."Whatever happened to women who liked to be swept off their feet?" "They got dropped," Diana said flatly.

If something isn't special, then it's ordinary.

It was a joint, which put it one slippery step up from a dive.

Up to this point your life has pretty much sucked. You’re not responsible for that. But you are responsible for what happens from here on.

Holding onto something that's gone only makes a sickness inside.

Once love found you it clung, no matter how much you tried to shake it off.

Oh thank you, Jesus." "It's Roarke." He tapped a finger on Eve's head. "You really shouldn't forget your own husband's name.

Why don't you put your ego down for a while, Justin. It must be getting heavy.

Why?” Eve leaned forward. “Sincerely, I’ve always wanted to know why anyone buys multiple pairs of shoes at a time.” “If I have to explain it, the joy is lost.

An eye for an eye.” “That's a revenge thing, right? From some play.” “The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays.

She was singed, bleeding, bruised, and furiously alive.

Happy Fuller: Somehow you always love in a special way the one who gives you the most grief.

When I left, it was for you. Coming back was for you. There’s nothing you can say, nothing you can do that would make me leave you again.

What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day." "I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy.

She was the only woman he was afraid he would beg for.

She doesn’t like you, McNab. “I knoooow. I find that really attractive in a woman.

Aidan to Jude: What's wrong with running away if where you were didn't suit you? Doesn't it follow you're funning to something else? Something that does suit you?

[First line] “The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.

He was one of the many toads you have to go through to find the prince.

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.