Quotes from Nora Roberts

It's different with a parent, isn't it? They have to consider constantly whether to say yes or no, now or later. They have to discipline and enforce as well as love and tend. You'll only have to love, and they'll soak all that up like sponges.

Do you think I'll let it go, that I'll hide from it because you, who's anything but a coward, is afraid of what ifs?

Have you ever wondered why life gets so screwed up? "Yes." She smiled. "I've begun to believe that God really is a man.

It takes a bit of time, but why hurry through the day just to get to the next?

Was he supposed to let Fiona cry on his shoulder now? He hated being the shoulder. He never knew what to say or do. Pat, pat, there, there. What the f--k?

She thought it lovely, and at the same time felt relief that, at the moment, her heart kept silent. A speaking heart could break-she knew that very well. As long as hers remained content, she'd stay relaxed and happy.

She had, for too many years, found it easier to bend than to stand.

I am not glowy." Laurel simply turned Parker by the shoulders to the big foyer mirror. "You were saying?" Maybe color did glow in her cheeks, and maybe her eyes were a little dazzled, but . . . "That's irritation." "I won't say 'liar, liar,' but, Parks, under that skirt, your pants are on fire.

Laura, there aren't any guarantees. You certainly know that. Yes, you could be hurt. You could also be happy. Or you could just get your oil checked.

Oh,right.Like he's been in a monestary copying scripture for the last ten years. Kate squared her shoulders, her feminist flag waving high. It's none of his damn business if you've taken on the Fifth,Six,and Seventh fleets.

You don't have any neuroses, which is annoying. You have quirks, which make up for it a little. But you're mostly irritatingly stable and normal.'

Estou a tentar pensar em qualquer coisa memorável, mas é difícil quando o sangue me saiu todo da cabeça. -Experimenta. -Uau.

Truce, she decided and held out a hand. When he only stared at her,she gave a quick huff and swallowed another morsel of pride. Please. Trapped by the single word,he took the offered hand. All right. When she would have drawn her hand away, he tightened his grip. Why? I don't know, Gennie told him with fresh impatience. Just a wild urge to see if I can get along with an ogre. At the ironic lift of his brow, she sighed. All right,that was just a quick slip.I take it back.

your excuses are so lame they're limping

If I'd grown up here,I'd have had headless ghosts for playmates and kept my room in a tower. Alan maneuvered around one of the winding curves that only added to the atmosphere. The sea was close enough so its scent and sound drifted in the open windows. There aren't any ghosts, though my father periodically threatened to import a few bloodthirsty ones from Scotland. With his lips just curved, he sent Shelby a quick sidelong look. He keeps his office in a tower room.

However weary he might be of life after three centuries of it, he was more weary of witnessing death.

She saw him pause to watch it, going still with his hand on a stem and his other holding a seed head. And she wished she could paint. All those vivid colors of late summer, bold and strong, and the man so still, so patient, dropping his work to share his flowers with a bird.

Everything she'd ever read about love was true, she discovered. The sun shined brighter, the air smelled fresher. Flowers were more colorful, the songs of birds more musical.

I'm not after romance. It's the sort of thing that weakens resolve and clouds sense.

If I didn't say it, how do you know?" "When you touch me, when you look at me, when you hold me, I feel it." She looked up at him, eyes drenched. "And I couldn't love you this much without you loving me back. I couldn't know how right it is to be with you if I didn't know you loved me.

When he pressed his lips to her heart, she wanted to weep.

She wasn't the type to sit around ticking off the negatives of her life to see if she could make them outweigh the positives. If something was wrong, something was missing, she acted. Fix the problem and move ahead. Or if the problem couldn't be fixed, she found the best way to live with it.

Witches, he thought. Always rhyming.

She'd like to bounce me off the ceiling. Oh aye,that she would, but she's not trying it at the moment.You're doing well, too. His gaze lifted until his eyes met Keeley's. As natural at this as she is.Blue bloods, both of you. Are we making history,Brian? Bet on it, he told her and kissed Betty just above the nose.