Quotes from Nora Roberts

If that isn't typical male stupidity! If something doesn't work, kick it or swear at it!

Retirement wasn't a reward at the end of a well-run career ... it was a void surrounded by endless dull hours, haunted by memories of work.

For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.

You have to unhook your seat belt." "That's not true." "I'm afraid it's difficult to walk on the beach if you're strapped to a car seat.

What was your secret?" That brought another smile. "Learn to laugh, otherwise, you'll beat them to death with a hammer first chance

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

We make destiny with every turn, every choice.

Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.

Anything worth anything can be found in books.

How's it going down there?" "It's weird. They're too polite, they talk funny, and stuff has too much shine on it. But the coffee's worse than Central's, so that's something.

My own brother calling me a brickhead. Sneering faeries insulting me. Women punching me in the face. How much more am I to swallow in one bloody day?

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to you

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.

Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now....

You can fix anything but a blank page.

When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you—even with your weaknesses, your flaws, everything starts to click into place. And if you can talk to her, and she listens, if she makes you laugh, and makes you think, makes you want, makes you see who you really are, and who you are is better, just better with her, you'd be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her. (Carter Maguire)

I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.

When we grow up, we lose the talent for loving without restrictions.