Quotes from Robyn Carr

So, you'll let me dress you up for the production events?" "I might." "I'm dead in love with you, too, darling. And so damn glad to be home. Where I hope to stay for a good long time. And, you're going to wear whatever I say." "I will," he said. "It's my aim to make you happy." She patted his cheek and smiled. "We're going to do just fine, you and I.

Tell you what I'll do for you," she said, looking up at him. "When Mattie's a little older, I'll have this IUD removed. We'll get you started on your own small herd." That made him smile. "That would be nice, Vanni." "Will

You shot me in the dick!" he screamed. "You shot me!" Well, that was fortuitous, she thought. She'd been aiming for his head.

Annie and I were talking about doing trail rides for groups of girls—nothing gives a young girl a sense of power like taming a beast, like proving she's capable of doing it on her own, without a parent's guiding hand.

Right away Noah's thought was, You might've sworn off men, but I bet they haven't sworn off you—not with that face and body. Shew. He was starting to feel a little warm. Let me seek to understand rather than to be understood. Where there is despair, let me offer hope. And dear God, could you please get her to cover up that cleavage for a while? "Look,

You'll never get over her," she said. "I'm not supposed to get over her, Maggie. I'm supposed to treasure what was good and move on. That's a tall enough order.

I think at the end of the day, we're all alone, aren't we? We all have to stand on our own no matter how many people surround us. I guess you'll have to be strong. Like you have always had to be.

extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children. —GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

I can't do violence in front of her. She might think I'm like him. I'm not like him.

I miss you so much it scares the hell out of me.

Vanni, I barely know Luke Riordan, but it's real clear he's not my knight in shining armor. He's done everything he can think of to discourage me, but let's be honest—this was no frontal attack from him. He admitted he's avoided me because of my age. The coward." Vanni

It's not what you get in life that will make you whole, but what you give.

I'm not trying to keep it a secret, that I was married, that I'm widowed. No one asked. And then someone did—that nurse. Gloria." "Well, I guess she had to be sure you weren't gay," she said, and grinned largely. He grinned back. She was impossible. And wonderful. "I'm

I love you, too. Please be careful." Then she headed quickly into the bar while he followed her with his eyes, a stupid grin on his face. "There's

God above," he said in a reverent whisper. "Is this how you looked at me when you were saving my life? When you got me out of my clothes and warmed me?" He shook his head, a naughty smile on his lips. "There was no funny business. This time, there's definitely going to be funny business." "Good,

In the afternoon, when Grace was just about to ruin her dinner with a big bowl of popcorn while looking through various online floral arrangements on her laptop, there was a light tapping at her back door. She pulled the curtain to peek out through the window in the door and was shocked to see Iris. She opened the door. "Don't newlyweds lay around in bed for several days after the wedding?

What were you thinking while that happened, Ian?" Before he could come up with an answer, the truth came out. "I was thinking, thank God I didn't forget how that was done." She laughed, rubbing his back. "What were you thinking?" he asked. "I was thinking, thank God he didn't forget how that was done." But

Let's get this over with," Walt blustered to Noah. "They're setting up some mighty fine-looking food back at the house and those Riordans are circling like starving dogs. I'd like to get back there while they're still sober enough to make the toasts." Noah

I taught for a while after college, writing at night and on weekends and vacations. But I might be done writing.

Do you feel all right?" he asked, glancing at her. "You're a little…pink." "I feel fantastic. Probably just the calm before the storm." "Probably," he said. "You do that again tomorrow and I'm tying you down. You make me crazy sometimes." "Jack…" She laughed. "When did you get like this? You're so annoying!" By

Whether we like it or not, the people who raise us leave an indelible mark.

this now? "I miss my mother,

He'd held Brie's hand for a long time that day, and she hadn't pulled it away. It was the first time he'd realized he was taken with her. A crush. At thirty-seven, he felt it was an old man's crush, but damned if it didn't feel awfully like a sixteen-year-old's. When

Shame on you," she said to Jack. "I'm sorry, Melinda. But someone had to knock the shit out of this asshole at least once, and if Preacher had done that, this idiot would never walk again." "Well, if you get into trouble, don't come crying to me," she said, and turned to follow Paige and Preacher into Doc's. *