Quotes from J.D. Robb

Hotter than a fuck in hell.

I'm going to see if Morris has a spare spine lying around you can borrow if you're scared to speak to that high-heeled, smug-ass bitch, Peabody.

He shook his head and eyed Roarke. You don't look like a cop. I'm not and thank you for noticing.

I'd rather lie bare-assed naked on the sidewalk and be trampled by tourists from South Dakota than be an accountant.

I will give you more pain than you can imagine. Your brains will leak out of your ears, and your bowels out of your ass. I will cause that to happen without leaving a mark, and every cop here will swear you died of natural causes.

Goddamn Summerset. I've told him to leave my car when I park it. I think he did. Peabody flipped on her sunshades, pointed. It's blocking the drive, see? Oh, yeah. Eve cleared her throat. The car was just as she'd left it, and fluttering in the mild breeze were a few torn articles of clothing. Don't ask, she muttered and started to hoof it down the drive. I wasn't going to. Peabody's voice was smooth as silk, Speculation's more interesting.

Nobody's that naive, she muttered. Nobody's that guileless. He's from Nebraska. Peabody scanned her pocket unit. From where? Nebraska. Peabody waived a hand, vaguely west.... They still grow them pretty guileless in Nebraska. I think it's all that soy and corn.

Decisions made quickly were almost always regretted quickly.

Love meant different things to different people.

You have to trust or you're only living half a life.

It's an exceptional thing to have someone in your life who knows and understands you so well. Who loves who you are. A very exceptional thing.

Who's with her? Roarke asked, though he already knew. It was just like her. With her? Oh, ah, hmmm. Webster. Silence fell, a clatter of broken bricks. Peabody folded her hands in her pockets and prepared for the explosion to follow. I see. When Roarke simply turned back to the screen and continued, she didn't know whether to be relieved or scared to death.

Peabody, you never cease to amaze me. One day I'll tell you about my granny and her five lovers. Five lovers isn't abnormal for a woman's lifetime. Not in her lifetime; last month. All at the same time. Peabody glanced up, deadpan. She's ninety-eight. I hope to take after her.

I'm not putting up with this, she continued. You can't even go out and buy a solar system without worrying I'll fall apart. How are you supposed to get anything done? Actually, I'm not in the market for a solar system right at the moment.

I'm a barrel of monkeys, kid, though mostly I figure monkeys stuck in a barrel are just going to be pissed off.

When you find nothing... it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something.

But Roarke doesn't feel weird about it. He's full of it, the love, I mean. And when he loves me, things that never worked in me did - do. It was easier when they didn't work, but it's better when they do. You know?

The security officer smiled and said, 'Good afternoon, ma'am,' to me before I gave him ID." "It's a sick world, Eve." He resisted taking her hand for another squeeze. "A sick, sad world.

Why?" Eve leaned forward. "Sincerely, I've always wanted to know why anyone buys multiple pairs of shoes at a time." "If I have to explain it, the joy is lost.

I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.

Love without trust? It's not love at all.

I didn't want to tell you I'd been scared, much less why. I guess that was stupid. It was. Aren't you supposed to say something like 'no, it wasn't. Blah, blah, support, stroke, let me get you some chocolate'? You haven't red the marriage handbook's footnotes. It's another woman who does that sort of thing. I believe I'm allowed to be more blunt, then ask if you'd like a quick shag. Shag yourself

That's a lot of vegetables. It is, yes, and if you eat them like a good girl... He lifted the silver lid on another plate, revealed a small pizza, with pepperoni arranged into a smiley face. She tried to give him a stony stare, but the laugh won out. You think you're cute, don't you, pal? Adorable. In this case, you can have adorable. Ow! She managed the stony stare when he slapped her hand away from the pizza. Vegetables first.

Lots of people think things would be better some other way. That's why the world's lousy with theme parks.