Quotes from Nora Roberts

Nothing happens to us without a purpose, little sister. What we do because of it, what we do about it, is the key to who and what we are.

O amor é uma força constante em qualquer universo.

Fate brings three women together for a chance

swear, being in a hospital's like being in a den of vampires. They never get enough of your blood.

The world ended with bangs and whimpers, with blood and pain, with fear and dread. A cashier handing change to a customer, a mother nursing her child, businessmen gripping hands over a deal—these and so many simple contacts spread death like a poisoned cloud over the world. And billions fell.

It was like being rolled over by a steamroller made of flowers, Abigail thought. It didn't really hurt, it was all very pretty and sweet-smelling. But you were still flattened.

beautifully wrapped. She reached for her tape, pulled the end—and got the sliver left on the roll.

When Tyler got back, she was making minestrone. It always knocked him back a step to see her working in the kitchen.

You look a picture, the pair of you," he said when she sat the horse. "We're ready for what's coming." "It shows." He mounted Baru, turned so they could walk down the narrow road together.

mood. "I could probably be

wouldn't have lasted at the Wickham if you couldn't do all that. I want more." Watching

with the hug. "It's so good to see you. We've got pitchers of tea outside, and plenty of beer. And four bottles of champagne—your mama

with his partner. Griff's out of Baltimore, too.

Prejudice and fear are never clear-sighted.

Sorry, bad wing. When Theo kissed him, surprise and pleasure flustered him. He couldn't remember the last time this boy, this young man, had done so. God, I'm glad to see you. He pressed his lips to his daughter's hair, leaned into his son. So glad to see you. Don't ever do that again. Maddy kept her face pressed against his chest. She could smell him, feel his heart beat. Not ever again.

Tucker, you tell that girl when I offer to have a brandy with a Yankee, that Yankee better drink.

A bit of sniffles and men are more work than a brood of babies.

tailor-made a job I'd like more.

of their previous intimacy, she put a hand over his when he slipped into the

You think we're asking too much of her?" Fin asked. "I can't know, and that's the worry." One that ate at her, night and day. "If I try to see, and he catches even a glimmer, all could be lost. So I don't look. I don't like putting the beginnings of it all in her hands, even knowing it's the right choice.

heart. I don't know what's right, C.C. I don't know what's best.

What are you, twelve?" "The man who loses the boy is a sad and serious man." "Irish philosophy?" Sasha responded to it by shoving the heel of her hand through the water, and sending it into his face.

You'll dance with others, as you should, and you'll enjoy. But I'll ask you don't look at any of them as you looked at me. I want that for mine.

not wrong," he said, and took her