J.R. Ward Quotes

Some things are destined to be -- it just takes us a couple of tries to get there.

I was dead until you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came...and I was awakened.

Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee.

You're looking at that chick like you want to roll her up in a taco and put your hot sauce all over her.

I have no words,” he said hoarsely. “And I know exactly what you’re telling me.” Lover Unleashed

For him , life was a coin that had disaster on one side and waiting for disaster on the other

Some bridges you crossed on your own, no matter who drove you to the edge

There came a time in everyone’s life when they realized that in spite of how hard they’d been running from themselves, everywhere they went, there they were: Addictions and compulsions were nothing but marching bands of distraction, masking truths that were unpleasant, but ultimately undeniable.

As much as we have free choice, absolute destiny is immutable. What is meant to happen does, through one measure or another.

My twin's not broken. He's ruined. Do you understand the difference? With broken maybe you can fix him. Ruined? All you can do is wait to bury him.

You asked me to speak. If this is a problem, the solution is not to get defensive because you don't like what you hear. The answer is to not invite me to talk." iAm ~ Lover At Last

I’m on the benevolent side of antisocial. I don’t mind people, but I’d prefer not to have a lot of them around.

Love can conquer everything but reality. Which will win every stinking time.

From one king to another, know that I'm giving you the middle finger right now." And he was, with a smile.

Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.

Souls were the same. They, too, had useless baggage that impeded their proper performance, these annoying, holier-than-thou bits dangling like an appendix waiting for infection. Faith and hope and love...prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude...all this useless clutter just packed too much damn morality into the heart, getting in the way of the soul's innate desire for malignancy.

Hey, no offense, but do you mind if you put both your palms where I can see ’em?

You are so beautiful, he mouthed. But of course she couldn’t see his lips. Guess he was going to have to show her.

When you were young, you thought time was a burden, something to be discharged as fast as possible so you could be grown-up. But it was such a bait-n-switch – when you were an adult, you came to realize that minutes and hours were the single most precious thing you had.

Bad deeds like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder.

Bye-bye, Elan. P.S., Next time you implicate someone falsely, try to pick a pacifist.

...He palmed up the life Alert. Death Alert was more like it: Help, I haven't fallen and I'm standing up-can you come and rectify this problem? - Isaac

And bottom line, without John by her side, everything seemed to be just a big, resounding meh.

Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile. We'll take turns being on the bottom.

Mary frowned. A vampire doctor. Talk about exploring your alternative therapies.