Nora Roberts Quotes - Page 2

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

I guess money can't buy happiness if you shop in the wrong places.

There are no dead ends, just detours.

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.

Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered.

Luck is luck ... What we do with it determines whether it's good or bad.

I hate patience. Slows everything down.

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

You have to trust or you're only living half a life.

Sometimes a wind comes up, blows you off course. You’re not ready for it, but if you’re lucky, you end up in a more interesting place than you’d planned.

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

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.

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

Knowledge is a great gift, and the thirst to seek it even greater. Use what you know...Head and heart...You are not made to give greater weight to one than the other.

“I'm not going anywhere.” Gently, he stroked her back, cradled her head. Was there anything more astounding or more frightening to a man, he wondered, than a strong woman in tears? “I've been right here all along. I love you, Eve, almost more than I can stand.” “I need you. I can't help it. I don't want to.” “I know. He eased back, tucking a hand under her chin to lift her face to his. “We’re going to have to deal with it.” He kissed one wet cheek, then the other. “I really can’t do without you.“

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

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

Broken hearts healed. Maybe the cracks were always there, like thin scars, but they healed. People lived and worked, laughed and ate, walked and talked with those cracks For many, even the scars healed and they loved again.

Wouldn't it be nice if everything balanced in the world? If right came out on top and wrong was punished. It sure would be simple.

The simple and most complex answer is love.

[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.

I don't like the idea of you shivering unless I cause it. Stay warm." ----Roarke, Naked In Death

You have to believe in it to get it.

You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.