Quotes from Nora Roberts

Love is not enough. But, it is the rock on which all else stands.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

I wonder if you can understand, I never really knew what it was to want, until you.

squats are a form of torture designed by people who don't need to do squats in the first place

Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.

Marry me, Rebecca...You might as well say yes. I'll just talk you into it.

She heard music. Angels singing? she thought, dizzy. It seemed odd for angels to sing after table sex. She managed to swallow on a throat wildly dry. Music, she murmured. My phone. In my pants. Don't care. Oh. Not angels. No. Def Leppard.

There I go being critical again. Does a man have to stand on one foot and juggle for me to consider him entertaining? What am I looking for? A knight?...No, knights are all polished and shiny. I think my taste runs to something with a bit of tarnish and maybe a few scratches. Someone who can make me laugh and cry and make me angry and make my knees tremble when he touches me.

Why couldn't the merciful God turn down the sunlight so it wasn't blasting like a red furnace against his aching eyes? Because he'd worshipped the god of beer, thats why. He'd broken a commandment and worshipped the false and foamy god of beer. And now he was being punished.

She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. they enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

He trailed off as he saw the books. Piles and stacks of them beside the sofa, another stack on the coffee table, a sea of them on her dining table. Jesus Christ, Dane, you need treatment.

What is technology? Cian pulled his brother inside, pushed the button for the next floor. It's another god.

And since I'm marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If you're sleeping with Laurel—" "I'm not sleeping with Laurel. We're dating." "Right, and the two of you are just going to hold hands, admire the moon, and sing camp songs." "For a while. Minus the singing.

Every time I hear writers talk about 'the muse,' I just want to bitch-slap them. It's a job. Do your job.

I've wanted to be with you when I didn't have the right to.

Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you can count on, no matter what, and who'll love you no matter how much you screw up.

We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

Remind me not to piss you off Red. You might aim for the heart and shoot me in the balls.

Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.

Love's scary, and sometimes it's transient. But it's worth the risks and the nerves. It's even worth the pain.

Do you know what I feel about you, Devin? About us?...Dazzled, you dazzle me. You make me feel things, and want things I never knew I could have. -Cassie

The little things,Emma. The gestures,the moments. And the big. I let him see my heart. I gave it to him,even when I believed he couldn't or wouldn't take it. I gave it anyway-a gift. Even if he broke it. I was very brave. Love is very brave.

In all the illusions, you're the only truth that I need