Quotes from Nora Roberts

he'd been slapped a second time.

own personal calendar.

He knows that, too. All of it. He feeds on their rage and fears. The weaker minds, so many, he uses. Whispering threats, promises in equal measure. Worship me, bow to me, and I will one day grant you your vengeance.

when the shield broke and the Doom killed billions, some people who thought they were just regular people found their magicks. So people would believe again?" "Faith is a sword and a shield, as long as one bolsters it with courage and brains and muscle.

Then she remembered what her mother called heart-sleep. That sleep a wounded heart needed to help it heal.

It really is. Come on in. Can I get you some coffee?

arousing, the faint flush desire brought

up to twist her belly into knots. When it did, she'd just have to find a way to uncoil them until there was time, until there was a place. She had a whole checklist of priorities ahead of that one. On

Without fear there is no prudence. Without prudence there is recklessness. With recklessness, defeat.

Twenty-five thousand," Maggie murmured. A tidy sum, even tidier ten years ago. "You're telling me you think the money was the motive for murder?" "Money's always a motive for murder, and it's a loose end.

dead. Standing

To relax, she got down on hands and knees and scrubbed the kitchen floor.

Destiny was something that couldn't be outmaneuvered.

Where there is a great deal of light, the shadows are deeper. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Magick isn't every answer. A body must know how to fend for himself without it as well. A gift should never be squandered on what you can do with your wit and your hands or your back.

This'll do it. Can you see Tereza and Maddy over there getting pedicures and arguing. Mmm, Sophia mused. They disagree about the name for the beauty products we don't even have yet. I don't know if it's Maddy or the concept, but it's boosted Nonna's morale.

But there's something else you and I understand, or should. And that is that love is precious, and too often stolen away. You've got a chance to grab hold of it again. And I say lucky you.

Tres Cuatro y Cinco

Solas don Saol. Light for Life.

Tyler studied him over his coffee. From what I've seen so far you're not much of a time-waster. And you're not so bad, for a suit. With a half-laugh, David lifted his own coffee. Steam from it rose and merged with the mist. Coming from you, that's a hell of a kudo. Damn right.

Justin, I won't deny that I want you, but I think it would be best if we gave it some more time." "Reasonable," he agreed as he drew her into his arms. "Time's up." He stopped her protesting laugh with his lips. There was no food to stop this hunger. His mouth was hard, devouring, before Serena could respond or struggle away. Yet she knew as he crushed her body to his that this time he would permit no struggle.

Then you pick up and go on," she told him simply. "You're only a victim if you choose to be.

Some people leave a legacy of goodness behind them.

know, I know," she continued, setting him down, picking up the half glass of wine.