Quotes from J.D. Robb

Lawyers and shrinks and suspects." "Oh my.

elevator doors opened; the girls clumped out, laughing

So much went on in this small mass," Morris murmured. "Thoughts, ideas, music, desires, poetry, anger, hate. People speak of the heart, Lieutenant, but it's the brain that holds all the magic and mystery of the human species. It elevates us, separates us, defines us as individuals. And the secrets of it—well, it's doubtful we'll ever know them all.

You've got a knack for the dead and the innocent.

tipped down. She slipped her right hand in her pocket, pressed the buzzer with her left. Nadine, she thought

Often when a parent loses herself-or himself-in the day-to-day responsibilities and demands of raising children, they become a less effective, and less loving parent than they might be.

dirge swelled, then without warning, he turned his head

in tonight, do a special bulletin, get herself a nice scoop on the competition. "Yeah, yeah," she called at the sound of the buzzer. "Just hang on." She went to the door, looked through the security peep, saw a bit of profile and a big winter hat

Or the ploy Dahmer used—that classic had proven to do the job in all the decades following. Lone woman struggling to lift something heavy into the back of a vehicle. Can

With a few words you cut slices out of lives. No matter how they were put back together later, they were never the same. Once pieces were missing from the whole, the pattern was forever altered.

See? It's senseless. How can you lose an hour? Where does it go? Can someone else find it? Does it get reported to the Lost Time Division?

sympathetic.

the 'link tree over. We did the

Some men can love with their heart, but their body wants more, and their mind allows this by believing it doesn't matter. Or count. Or hurts no one. The mind lies.

I see you. I know you. I love you.

Demons don't die, Eve, we just learn to live with them.

Side, party got out of hand. Guy shot five people with a

turbulent eyes. "I didn't realize.

she approached

A strong woman's tears can cut a man to ribbons faster than a knife.

The media's no more objective than the last ratings term.

She reached down, favoring her injured arm and chose a Galaxy bar that hadn't been flattened by the wrestling match. "I'm going home." "You didn't pay for that," Francois shouted after her. "Fuck you, Frank," she shouted back and kept going.

times. She had them stand by, then took

I would've found you," she murmured, "even on the darkest road.