Quotes from Nora Roberts

She's in love, and that makes her strong. She'll need to be. What makes you strong, Mia? Purpose. Love never worked for me.

You don't want to get in the habit of overusing the word "fuck" as an adjective. You'll miss the vast variety of its uses.

When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

You're excuses are so lame they're limping...

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

What good are laws if they're not human?

So we ate some smoke, so what?" "You lost most of your eyebrows." Stunned, she pressed her fingers above her eyes. "Shit! Why didn't you tell me?" "It's a look.

And sometimes those major, monumental crises have no effect on certain types. Which means, no matter what the circumstances, assholes remain assholes.

Mothers do, every day. It's funny, Bo, how a woman can bring two children into the world, raise them up the same way—the same rules and values, indulgences and disciplines. And still two separate people come out of it all.

What matters is you're the blue butterfly. I'm… what? Come on, Professor, Dr. Maguire. You know all about metaphors and analogies and symbolism. You flew into my life, just landed in it unexpectedly. Maybe miraculously. And the picture formed. It just took me a while to see it.

Moments came and went, she thought. It was love that bound them together into a life.

Love, nobody inside it knows how the hell to handle it.

He had realised that most vital of humanities. he had touched lives. And he had raised three boys that no one had wanted into men.

They never see what you are. Shocked, Jude glanced around to see who'd spoken, then realized she had. Don't they? Brenna wanted to know, lifting her brow as she topped off Jude's glass yet again. They see a reflection of their own perception. Whore or angel, mother or child. Depending on their view, they're compelled to protect or conquer or exploit. Or you're a convenience, she murmured. Easily discarded.

Bright light. You've always found your way.

Don't worry.... We are right behind you. Notice, Lilah added with a smile, the direction is behind.

You can't know everything. Sometimes you have to trust. Sometimes you have to just feel.

No second chance? A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.

My apartment's only about a block away. Isn't that handy. Fate, he countered as he took a seat on the sofa and made himself at home. Fantasic, isn't it? One day very soon, I'm going to tell you what you can do with that fate of yours.

People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced.

Plus it's just embarrassing when someone - oops.' She pressed a hand to her side, and had the blood draining out of Harper's face. 'What? What?' 'Nothing. baby's moving around. Sometimes it gives me a jolt is all.' 'You should stand up. You should sit down.

Doing nothing sometimes hurts more than doing something. Life doesn't come with a guarantee, which is just as well, because most guarantees are bullshit.

Time with a friend was as refreshing as a nap.

Let's go have lotsa drunk sex before it hits. 'Kay. Drunk sex for everybody!