Nora Roberts Quotes - Page 7

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

I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.

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

I think writer is a word without gender, and a good writer observes, absorbs, hopefully empathizes then translates that into character and story. You don’t have to do or be or have experienced, traveled to, but you have to imagine all of that, very well–and believe it completely during the bubble of the work.

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.

Don't 'honey' me in that southern-fried twang.

You can't argue with math, Carter. You'll always lose.

Love without trust? It's not love at all.

That was the biggest problem with getting used to someone, she thought. You were lonely when they weren't there.

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.

You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.

You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it.

Why couldn't she have this, just enjoy this, without creating obstacles, digging up problems, worrying about mistakes, about tomorrow's? Why let the maybe's, the what if's, the probabilities spoil something so lovely?

It doesn't matter, that's the point. It doesn't matter that things don't always work exactly the way you thought they should. Moments matter. People matter, how they feel, how they connect. Who they are alone and together. All that matters, no matter how quickly the moment passes. Maybe because it passes.

Happily ever after?" "If justice doesn't triumph and love doesn't make the circle in entertainment fiction, what's the point? Real life sucks too often.

The man's got more money than God, and he sends you a bag of coffee?

I see you've destroyed another police vehicle. Perhaps you now hold the record.

Laurel: I don't need a ring or a license, or a spetacular white dress. It's not marriage so much, or at all really, that matters. It's the promise. It's the knowing someone wants me to be part of his life. Someone loves me, that I'm the one for him. That's not just enough, it's everything.

You saved me, Eve." He watched her blink in absolute shock. "What you are, what I feel for you, what we are together saved me." He kept his eyes on hers as he kissed her.

Love's scary, and sometimes it's transient. But it's worth the risks and the nerves. It's even worth the pain.

I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical.

He pulled himself out of hard times, dealt with the scars from it, pushed himself to make a mark. A little bit of the wild side there, always. I told myself, oh no, I won't get tangled up with this one. And I said it again, even when I was tangled up.

Please let me go." "Anna." He lowered his brow to hers. "Don't ask me to do that, because I don't think I can live without you. Take a chance, roll the dice. Come with me.

The outward appearance would never indicate they were brothers. (...) But she could see that at the moment they were as united as triplets in the womb.

Once she'd been a victim- helpless, used, and broken. Now, she was a warrior.