Quotes by Nora Roberts

Is your dog in a coma? Quinn asked when the dog didnt move a muscle.No. Lump leads an active and demanding internal life that requires long periods of rest.

Witches, he thought. Always rhyming.

Why do we go to all this trouble Parker asked. Men dont notice anyway.Because what we wear affects how we feel, how we act, how we move. And that they do notice. Especially the move. Get dressed, smoke the eyes. Youll know you look good so youll feel good. Youll have a better time.

Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? Its called the sun. Lets go get us a little.

I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesnt mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It shouldnt mean being unwilling to. Thats the romance.

I dont need you by my side. But I want you there. Very much want you there. That, I think, saysmore. Means more.He took the hand she held out to him. Well go down. James should be here soon

Theres no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

It was a well-aimed arrow. Had anyone even noticed she was no longer at the library? All the people shed worked with, worked for? All the patrons shed helped? Had she been so replaceable that her absence hadnt caused a single ripple?Hadnt she mattered at all?

Planting a flowers like opening a book, because either way youre starting something. And your gardens your library.

A marriage is a delicate thing, Maggie, a balance of two hearts and two hopes. Sometimes the weights just too heavy on the one side, and the other cant lift to it.

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

If you’re looking for the full deal, the till-death deal, then look at me. No one’s ever going to love you, stick by you, understand how you work the way I do.(Malcolm Kavanaugh)

Love runs the engine

David.Nobody home but you and me, he said, nibbling at her jaw, her throat, her mouth as he guidedher out of the kitchen. You know what I was thinking the other day?No. How could she? She didnt know what she was thinking right now.That its a complex business. My girlfriend lives with her mother.She did laugh now, at the idea of being called anyones girlfriend.And I live with my kids. No place to go to do all the things Ive imagined doing with you. Do youknow the things Ive imagined doing with you?Im getting the picture. David, its the middle of the day.The middle of the day. He paused at the base of the steps. And an opportunity. I hate wastedopportunities, dont you?

God, I love men. She got up from the desk, walked to him, cupped his face in her hands andgave him a smacking kiss on the mouth. Youre just so cute.One hard tug on her hand had her tumbling into his lap. An instant later her quick laugh was cutoff, and her heart pounding.He hadnt kissed her this way before, with impatience and heat and hunger all mixed together in anear brutal assault. He hadnt kissed her as if he couldnt get enough. Would never get en

Jake eyed his brother. I never forget. All data is stored in my memory banks. And one day, candy pig, you will pay.You re such a geek.Thesbo.Thats Jacks latest insult.Seth gestured with his wine-glass. A play on thespian, since Kevs into that.Rhymes with lesbo, Jake explained helpfully while Anna stifled a groan. Its a slick way of calling him a girl.

Some people get lifetimes, some get moments. I’ve got to tell myself it’s what you do with what you get that counts.

I was into third guesses with Theo and Maddy. Anyway, thats one of the reasons I opted to buythe van and drive cross-country instead of dumping us all in a plane. It gave us some time. Nothinglike a three-thousand-mile drive in an enclosed vehicle to cement a family unit—if you live throughit.It was very brave of you.You want to talk courage? He drove easily up the lane to the villa. Ive been chief taste-testeron this wine experiment Maddys conducting. Its brut

We dragged Linc along. His current honey is working tonight.Still the intern?Yeah. Helen sat on the curvy velvet chaise, made herself at home. Im starting to think hesgetting serious about her.And?I dont know. Shes a nice girl, raised well. Focused, which he could use, and independent,which I appreciate.But hes your baby.But hes my baby, Helen agreed. I miss the little boy sometimes, with the scabbed knees andloose shoelaces. Still see him in that tall, gorgeous lawyer in the three-piece suit that strolls in andout of my life now. And Jesus,

Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.