Quotes from Nora Roberts

It was bad enough to be swallowed up by the intrinsic anger of New York City traffic and its seemingly mad competition between cars, cabs, the ubiquitous delivery trucks, the kamikaze bike messengers and the always-in-a-damn hurry pedestrians.

She needs me. She needs someone who understands and appreciates who she is, and who she's decided to be. And I need her, because who she is, and who she's decided to be are—big surprise to me—what I've been waiting for all my life.

You all right? Diana let out a deep breath. Ask me again when I'm not praying.

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.

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.

Mrs. G: But marriage? I had mine. I had my Charlie. My one. Laurel: Do you believe that? That there's one person? One? Mrs. G: I do, for some of us. For others, if things don't work, or you lose someone, there's another. But for some there's the one, beginning to end. No one else can fit. No one else gets into the heart the same way, and lives there.

Kate studied the clipboard and the pocket calculator on the floor. Did you figure out how to work that thing? You don't have to be a CPA to use a calculator. I meant the clipboard. Ha ha.

Now if you tell me there were six other naked women and three attendants hanging around who saw you shove her into the locker,i'll have to kill you. There was nobody else there.We're not idiots.she grimaced. I know you think we are, but we're not stupid enough to have done it in front of witnesses. Actually, we timed it that way so she'd be stuck in there longer. she smiled weakly. it seemed like a good idea at the time.

You should appreciate those things while you have them, but you never do. Not all the way. Too busy living. Now and again, you should try to stop to appreciate the little things. They'll build up if you do.

I'm used to keeping things to myself, it's habit.And then...And then I kept things from you because the harder I fell in love with you,the more terrified I was. Look,damn it, I didn't want to depend on anyone for- He broke off to drag a hand through his hair. For what? For being there when I needed them, he said on a long breath.

You're the answer before I even asked the question.

I don't get treadmills. You get all sweaty and go nowhere. Now, sex? You get all sweaty and go everywhere.

We are so miserably shallow Josh, how do we stand ourselves?

They'd look attractive together because they're both attractive. That's not the same thing as right.

Is there anything more annoying than machismo?

Quiero lo que somos cuando estamos juntos. Amo lo que creo que podríamos llegar a ser.

i get what i want cause i can be a stubborn bitch when i need to

Properly trained, a man can be a dog's best friend.

Destiny has more than one road.

I thought it was just a longing for you, and that would be enough for both of us. I do long for you, but it's not enough and it's not all. Oh, this is where I want t be.

Anyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch.

I thought it was over, all I could think was I never told you I love you. What an idiot.

Love is an empty word without respect.

Comparisons are made to make the other person fall short.