Quotes from Nora Roberts

I bet you're a really nice guy. He didn't sigh, but he wanted to. I've been accused of it.

But it's a wound that can't fully heal, isn't it, not to have the full love of those who made you. The indifference of Iona's parents, the full mess of Meara's." "Which is worse, do you think?

When you love with all you are, it isn't unhappiness alone you risk. It's heaven too.

such sacrifice, to damn an innocent to

History makes the best gossip. And tomorrow Ã¢â'¬Â¦ well, tomorrow's going to take care of itself anyway, isn't it?" He

I'll tell you this, when love comes, when the arrow strikes the heart, there's no stopping it. And even bleeding is a pleasure.

Bless her heart, she must've been drinking when she bought that dress. He

the land goes on no matter who walks on it

you stepped back, you squared your shoulders, and you showed you were willing to face what life had dealt you. That takes courage, Margo—much more—than leaping into the void. I had people to turn to. So do we all. It's only fools and egotists who think no one will be there to lend a hand. And bigger food and bigger egotists who don't reach out.

She reached out, found Eli's hand, brought it to her lips in a gesture Sophia had never seen her make

bugle. "He knows I'm happy." She tipped her head back. "Let's go tell everybody else, and pop that champagne." With wine and music and light, she thought. They'd come through the fire, beaten back the dark for another day. And now, on the longest day, when the light refused to surrender, she was

Not everyone who loves music can play the tune. Estelle

years before.

That sounded scary and obsessive, like I have an altar somewhere with your pictures over it where I light candles and chant your name. Jesus, that's even scarier. Run now, I won't hold it against you.

She had lessons on politics, and found them annoying, as people talked too much, did too little.

I may not know precisely how this sort of thing functions, but I understand perfectly well your family's opinion of me will be important." "My mother and sisters already like you." "They may tend in that direction, until I rudely attend the barbecue without a covered dish.

He called you his rose. He'd want you to bloom.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. —Aristotle

Choice turns out to be duty for both of us. But I'm here, and I'll wait. That's a choice, too, but it's not duty. I love you. It makes me afraid, and it makes me strong, but either way, I love you. So I'm here, and I'll wait.

You have all you need. A home, children, work that satisfies you. What do you need with a man?

In today's climate no one wants imperfection in their leaders. Once a flaw is dug out, as the press is hell-bent to do, it's maximized and twisted until it becomes a bigger issue than a man's record.

Love is the biggest lie. He will fuck you, and use you, and cheat and lie. He will give you pain until you are hollow and empty, until you are dried up and ugly. And dead.

thought of it. She didn't have a clear idea what she intended to do, but the one thing she

She stripped it off