Quotes from Nora Roberts

If more than one person knows a secret, it isn't a secret.

Heredity can be a strong pull. Heredity and early environment together, an almost irresistible pull. Those who break it, who make their own despite it, are very strong.

for. I have a fine daughter." Touched

We've got this heat going on, that's all. If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not go into that end of things. Oh, it's all the same to me. You're both adults and you got two working brains between you. Both of you were raised right, so what you do is your own business. Next time, though, lock the damn door first.

which Gwen raised her children

The cops, we know that the victims, the ones who are broken or shattered or dead . . . or dead, they need somebody to stand up for them, to say, 'Goddamn it, it is your fault. You did this, and you have to pay for it, no matter if your mother beat you or your father . . . No matter what, you don't have the right to damage the next guy.' 

Or she could remember that sometimes pride was less important than doing what had to be done. She

decision. On bad days, Eli considered Wolfe his personal Javert—doggedly

But I did it because you can't constantly be afraid of what might happen. If you do, you lose control of what is happening, and all the joy and pain it holds for you.

Your gaydar can't leap over buildings in a single bound like Superman. He's wearing a thong. Enough said. It's for ease of movement. Thong, Lila repeated.

He'd set the bags on the

But there are always some, aren't there, who believe what they believe is the only. And will do whatever it takes to force that belief on all. For me, those who would kill and burn and enslave in the name of a god, well, they don't hear the god they claim to worship. Or the god is a false and cruel one.

That married and dead aren't the same. We were married sixty-seven years before he passed, and the both of us were free to look all we wanted. Touching, now? That's when married and dead are the same.

need this." Maureen jogged in place. "Eighteen kindergartners on a sugar high. Every teacher in America should have their salaries doubled and get a bouquet of roses every freaking week. And a bottle of Landon Whiskey's gold label." "I

They wouldn't grow up together, but could grow old together. They

She'd thought a gun would fit easily into his hand, the way a gun did for a man who hung out in dim bars and smoky hotel rooms. But it didn't fit easily. It didn't fit at all.

Grudges are negative energy turned inward

Is your dog in a coma?" Quinn asked when the dog didn't move a muscle. "No. Lump leads an active and demanding internal life that requires long periods of rest.

could take pictures

Guys my age think about getting some, too. But we usually know when it's just going to be egg rolls. Let's eat.

you can't forgive without trust

What the hell do we do now?" she shot at Keegan. "Get out of the fecking rain, to start.

if you loved someone enough to promise them a lifetime, you got to tell them all your stuff and listen to all of theirs. It was a side benefit and balanced out having to share closet space. Though

Everybody's mean sometimes. That's because our flesh is weak and we're loaded with sin.