Quotes by Nora Roberts

If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn’t sending you the ‘let’s go back to my place’ signals. In that case—”“Don’t go there, Bob. Let’s just not go there.

Remind me not to piss you off Red. You might aim for the heart and shoot me in the balls.

Shall I tell you what rock and roll is, Johnno, from someone who doesnt perform, but observes? Its restless and rude. Its defiant and daring. Its a fist shaken at age. Its a voice that often screams out questions because the answers are always changing. The very young play it because theyre searching for some way to express their anger or joy, their confusion and their dreams. Once in a while, and only once in a while, someone comes along who truly understands, who has the gift to transfer all those needs and emotions into music.

Abby: You were great. I dont know what Id have done without you.Dylan: Youd have done fine. Thats one of the most intimidating things about you. Abby: Intimidating? Me?Dylan: It isnt easy for a man to get involved with a woman whos totally capable of handling anything that comes along... It isnt easy for a man to believe that there are woman who can not only do those things but enjoy them... [But] its all natural for you isnt it? Its incredible.

Change--savor the cool, fresh flavor of it.

I go to Ireland. Walk along an empty beach. When I do, I think of all the people who have walked there before, and will walk there again. Then it occurs to me nothing is forever. No matter how bad or how good, everything passes and moves on to another level.

Men didnt respect beauty...they used it.

Brother, when beauty falls into your hand, you hold on to it while you can. You could be dead tomorrow.Well, that’s... inspiring.

...If I dont have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. Thats my compulsion.

She sighed once, wishing she had a talent for the details of telling stories. She wasnt bad at themes, she mused, but she could never figure out how to turn a theme into an engaging tale. So she read instead, and admired those who could.

You walked in, and the air changed. It gives you an advantage and youre enough of a challenge. Im not trying to be a challenge. Its one of the things that makes you one.

He preferred the term study to office, as an office meant work. No way around it. In a study, you could, well, study, or nap or read, or stare into space thinking long thoughts. You could certainly work, but it wasnt a requirement.

You dont want some tacky Vegas fly-by. Youre serious. Youre serious about friendships, about your work, your family. Youre serious about Star Wars, and you active dislike of Jar Jar Binks---Well, God. Come on, anyone who---Youre serious, she continued before he went on a Jar Jar rant, about living your life on your terms, and being easygoing doesnt negate that one bit. Youre serious about what kind of kryptonite is more lethal to Superman.You have to go with the classic green. I told you, the gold can strip Kryptonians powers permanently, but---......Mkae all the lists you want, Cilla. Love? Its green kryptonite. it powers out all the rest.

My own brother calling me a brickhead. Sneering faeries insulting me. Women punching me in the face. How much more am I to swallow in one bloody day?

Courage comes in different forms. Theres strength--thats the muscle. But loves the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

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

She pressed her mouth to his throat, his shoulder, would have absorbed him into her skin if shed known a way.

Youre going to need this, she said, and pulled out a condom.At some point, were also going to need a defibrillator and a fire extinguisher.Promises, promises.

Well, Id have more zing with George Clooney and Harrison Ford in a threesome, but neither of us are going to get that wish.

Happily ever after? If justice doesnt triumph and love doesnt make the circle in entertainment fiction, whats the point? Real life sucks too often.