Quotes from J.D. Robb

dark and deep in her eyes. He'd opened his mouth without any idea what he would

You're not really mean. Eve hooked her thumbs in her front pockets. Am, too. Mean as spit, and don't you forget it.

Why did she always think of the damn cherry Danish in the morning? She wasn't entirely sure the thought of it didn't put an extra pound on her ass.

Do you know what else I think, Eve?' 'I don't have a clue.' 'I think I'm in love with you.

Why do you wear so many clothes?" "I won't next time.

It's just a promise, that's all. A promise, and you do your best not to break it. Like a lease. There you go! You know, Dallas, that's almost wise.

For the price of the download or hard copy, anyone can own the book and read it countless times.

I like your style, Lieutenant Dallas. I like it a lot. And by the way, I don't think I'm in love with you anymore. I know I am.

Dallas, Lieutenant Eve, and aide, Peabody

Even when I piss you off, you're going to be there. Like I'm going to be there even when you piss me off.

We begin to die with our first breath. Death is inside us, ticking closer, closer, with every beat of our heart. It is the end no man can escape. Yet we cling to life, we worship it despite its transience.

power doesn't just corrupt in the wrong hands, it mutilates.

Will do cop work for sex? - It's become my daily mantra.

The dirty red light was flashing. Over and over through the window. SEX! LIVE! SEX! LIVE! She was only eight, but her mind was quick. She wondered if people would pay to see dead sex.

Sex was a powerful tool to use or have used against you. Both of these women had wanted to wield it, to control it. In the end, it had killed them.

I'm not stupid." No, Eve thought, you redefine the word.

A lot of people know they're right, when what they are is wrong. Having doubts keeps you human.

Puss head," Eve muttered as she slammed into the Blue Squirrel.

Mavis dated this guy for a while back in the day who looked like one of those garden gnomes. She said he went at it like a rabid mink. Don't trust appearances

The man was tall as a house and from the deepness of his complexion, a full black.

Just as only one week ago, the respected and dedicated defender of justice, Cicely Towers had her life brought to an end.

bet's cash, electronic

I have reason to believe vigilantes grow to like their work. That power, unchecked, will corrupt its own agenda. That violence, given impunity and approval, breeds more.

out both her hands, so when he crossed to the table