Quotes from Nora Roberts

My mother says happy ever after's a bunch of bull.

Wait. Wait. Mackensie? The redhead you had a crush on in high school?" Defeated, Carter rubbed the spot between his eyebrows again. "I should never have told you about that. This is why I rarely drink." "But, Cart, this is like kismet." Excitement rushed through the words. "It's like return of the nerd. It's the big chance to follow up on a lost opportunity." "It's coffee," Carter muttered.

It feels like Scotland. Have you ever been? Mmmm. Twice. Have you? No. You should. It's your roots. You'll be surprised how much they tug at you when you breathe the air in the Highlands or look out at a lowland loch.

Love has no end, no borders, no limits. The more you give, the more there is.

That dog'll roll in the snow, run in the snow, eat the damn snow, but he wont throught it to shit. I dont clear the path, he shits right by the door. Why is that? Ryder asked. Owen replied, Hence the name. The name of Ryder's dog...Dumbass...

Did people never fall in love with anyone who was eager to return in?

I've fallen pretty deep in...care with you.

À noite, quando estou sozinho e a lua derrama as suas lágrimas, sei que o mundo voltaria a ser maravilhoso se estivesses aqui. Sem ti, o meu coração fica vazio, apenas com as lembranças que guarda. Tu, só tu, existes dentro de mim, à noite quando a lua chora.

Just because I did the proposing doesn't mean I don't want a ring. Yeah, yeah, I'll get to it. I'll pick it out. No, you won't. Why not? I'm the one who'll be wearing it. You're the one wearing your face, too, but you didn't pick that out, either. On a sigh, she knelt beside him. That makes absolutely no sense. But she tipped her head onto his shoulder as he worked. When I came here I was scared and angry. Now I'm scared, angry and happy. It's better, she decided. A lot better.

It's the heart that gets us through the hard times, and gives us joy.

I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible. - Harry Burns

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Love runs the engine

It's the wrong choice,Gennie. Serena, Justin said warningly, but she turned on him with her eyes flashing and her voice low with exasperation. Damn it,Justin, she's miserable! There's nothing like a stubborn, pig-headed man to make a woman miserable, is there, Gennie? With a half laugh,she dragged a hand through her hair. No,I don't guess there is. That works both ways, Justin reminded her. And if the man's pig-headed enough, Serena went on precisely, it's up to the woman to give him a push.

Love doesn't turn on and off like a light switch.

All he'd learned was that love was a jewel with too many facets to count. Strength and weakness running side by side through it. And that no one could give or take it with any less than an open hand.

You're going to need this, she said, and pulled out a condom. At some point, we're also going to need a defibrillator and a fire extinguisher. Promises, promises.

I'll just go rub some salt in her wounds,then i think I'll run out and kick some puppies on my way to foreclosing on my quota of widows and orphans.

Oh, i'm going to kick his ass, and when i'm done, i'm going to squeeze his balls blue.

Ah, kiss me, love, and miss me, love, and dry your bitter tears. (Irish Pub Song)

Continuity, he thought, wasn't the same as stagnation.

she lost twenty minutes sitting on the floor with her arms wrapped around her knees, smiling into the pretty glow and imagining herself a contented farmer's wife waiting for her man to come in from the fields.

There were too many idiot men in the world, to her way of thinking. And most of them ended up bumping up against stubborn women.

He's been very distracted the last few days." "Has he now?" "And short-tempered." Brenna found her appetite coming back. I'm delighted to hear it. I hope he suffers, the donkey's ass." Brenna went through the rest of her workday whistling, her mood bright and her hands nimble. She supposed it wasn't very charitable of her to take pleasure in the idea of another's unhappiness, but she was human, after all.