Quotes from J.D. Robb

What's the point of playing if winning isn't the goal?

Get out of the lab occasionally, Stiles. Why? There are people out there. Nothing fucks things up faster than people.

And you're not going to tell me she didn't make a move on you. At least test the waters. The waters, he said, were not receptive. If they had been, I'd have drowned her in them already.

I'm sorry. It's Hard for me. I do love you, she said quietly. Sometimes it scares me because you're the first. And the only He held her there until he was sure he could speak, then eased her back, looked into her eyes You've chaged my life. Become my life. He touched his lips to hers, let the kiss deepen slowly, silkily. I need you

Why are you always smiling? What do you know?

Eve, did you marry me for my money? You bet your ass. And you'd better hold on to it, or I'm history It's very sweet of you to say so.

Fuck him. Feeney made a sound like a man who'd been pinched. Christ Jesus, Dallas, you're in St. Pat's. If God's going to make little weasels like him, she's going to have to listen to complaints.

He loves me. You sound surprised. Nobody ever did. Not like this. It's easy to say, for some people. The words. But it's not just words with Roarke. He sees inside me, and it doesn't matter.

That was the biggest problem with getting used to someone, she thought. You were lonely when they weren't there.

Peabody, you're an investigative slut.

You saved me, Eve. He watched her blink in absolute shock. What you are, what I feel for you, what we are together saved me. He kept his eyes on hers as he kissed her.

I'm still picking pockets--I just do it as legally as I can. Being married to a cop limits certain activities.

You are who you are. I know you. You believe that? Yea but-- You're Eve Dallas. You're the love of my life. My heart and Soul. You're a cop, mind and bone. You're a woman of strength and resilience. Stubborn, hardheaded, occassionally mean as a badger, and more generous that you'll admit.

She was singed, bleeding, bruised, and furiously alive.

Hold on a minute. She leaned out the window, shouted at the messenger who'd nearly sideswiped her vehicle with his jet-board. Police property, asshole. If I had time I'd hunt you down and use that board to beat your balls black. Darling Eve, you know how that kind of talk thrills and excites me. How can I keep my mind off sex now?

She thinks you married me for power," he said as they walked on. "Renee. As that's what she would've done. The power and the money is one in the same to her." "She's wrong. I married you for the sex." He grinned. "So sure of that am I that I work diligently to hold up my end of it.

When she brought Mira up, Eve gave Roarke another glance. Don't talk to him, she warned. He can get bitchy when he's in this deep. I don't know if we have any of that tea stuff. I had it stocked, and I don't get bitchy. Bloody, buggering HELL. Eve just rolled her eyes and got the tea.

he wouldn't mention, now or then, the illegal nine-millimeter automatic he had in his pocket. Why distress the woman you loved with minor details?

Just shut your mouth, you ignorant twat. Aw, Dallas, he called me a twat. How come you get to be a bitch, but I only get to be a twat. It's the rank, Eve told her. You'll make bitch one day. Thanks. That means a lot to me.

What time is it in New York? He shook his head. An hour later than it is here. The earth simply has to revolve, Eve, however annoying it is for you. It can revolve all it wants. I just don't see why people can't settle on the same time.

Into the night, in the dark, he lay beside her, listening to her breathe. He knew the varied and sundry reasons a man would kill. But none were more fierce, none were more vital than to hold safe what he loved.

Eve-In the name of all that is holy...It's 2060, not 1760. Can't they figure out a better way to handle this process? Roarke-Amen

I want to keep you, till the end of days.

You think they've killed before? I'd bet your ass on it Why my ass? Eyes slitted, Peabody jabbed a finger in the air. Because it's bigger? Because it has more padding? That's hitting below the belt. Your ass is below your belt. I'd bet mine, too, if it makes you feel better.