Quotes from J.R. Ward

Destiny was a machine built over time, each choice that you made in life adding another gear, another conveyor belt, another assemblyman. Where you ended up was the product that was spit out at the end—and there was no going back for a redo.

In order to move forward, you had to let the past go—and sometimes that meant mental shifts that happened on the inside…whereas with others, it was about things in the physical world.

And now that the Fade was upon him, he was resigned to his death.

También ponía la televisión, para oír voces, pero eso no hace que dejes de sentirte sola.

Thank you," Trez said roughly. "Save the gratitude for if I bring back something worth having." "That's not what I'm talking about." Rehv leaned down, offering his dagger hand. "Anything I got is yours." Trez had to blink hard. Then pass his hand over his eyes. "Your friendship's all I need, my man. 'Cuz it's pretty damn priceless.

Hannibal Lecter motherfucker," he murmured. "You know how we do." Trez shook the water off his hand. "Symphaths… it's what's for dinner

You know you're the second person who has torn me apart tonight. Well, that's 'cause the good Lord clearly thinks you need to hear the message twice.

If you are going to insist on being reasonable, I'm going to stop hanging with you.

You scare the shit out of me, female." He

And that's what we're going to teach you how to do." Well, wasn't that a lesson he was goddamn aching to learn. Jim

We are, like fine bourbon, a different product at the end—and there is a sacrifice involved: We are made of the same core elements we were at first constructed of, but we are never the same afterward. We are permanently altered. If we are lucky and we are smart and we are freed at the right time, we are improved. If we aged too long, we are ruined forever. Timing, like fate, is everything.

go, he thought. Shooting across

You looking for some play, daddy? He shifted in the seat and told himself to quit being picky and get it over with. It was just sex, for God's sake. Maybe. What's a ticket on the fifty-yard line going to cost? She lifted up her hand and touched her lips with two fingers. For a full game. Two hundred bucks to get rid of his virginity. Which boiled down to less than a dollar a year. What a steal. Phury was half-dead as he got to his feet. Sounds good.

We had all kinds of material things, but no emotional ties among the people living under that expansive roof." "When you are poor, all you have are the people in your life. Who they are and who they are to you? That is the wealth you have in the world. That is the wealth you pass down to the next generation

O amor era como a vida, imaginou. Por mais que se fosse abençoado, quando acabava, sabia sempre pouco.

Being left behind was a special kind of loss. —

Fritz, the doggen butler, presented him with a barf bag at exactly the right moment. A barf bag. A hospital-grade, bright-green barf bag. As

When you are poor, all you have are the people in your life. Who they are and who they are to you? That is the wealth you have in the world. That is the wealth you pass down to the next generation.

The blush that hit Blay's face was a criminal turn-on—

Last fight I had with the bitch ended way too soon." Eddie rolled his eyes and glanced at Jim. "It was back in the Middle Ages and he still hasn't gotten over it." "Why so long ago?" "We got put on ice," Eddie said. "We were a little more fallen than the bosses were comfortable with." Adrian

good thing about being logical is that you can judge both history and the present with clarity—and I'm a very logical male.

But then, lately panic went with everything, didn't it? The new black.

So yeah, conversationally speaking, we just faced off in a duel, where she had a gun and I had two paper clips and a rubber band. But it's fine. Although, hey, while we're on the subject, maybe you want to slice my nut sac off and put my two veg in your back pocket? 'Cuz I won't be needing them anymore after this.

Very nice. Perfect background for an anxiety attack, really. But then, lately panic went with everything, didn't it? The new black.