Quotes from J.D. Robb

Because we would have. Another time, another place. Every step of my life was bringing me to you." He turned her, kissed her forehead. "Even the ones on the darkest road.

She covered her hands with her face

couldn't fall out of love with you if I fell all the way to hell.

brains of a bag of wet mice

McNab pranced in on plaid airboots

what's different

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targets destroyed, the training, the discipline, the hours of study, all led to this moment. This cold, bright afternoon in January 2061 marked the true beginning. A clear mind and cool blood. The apprentice knew these elements were as vital as skill, as wind direction, humiture, and speed. Under the cool blood lived an eagerness ruthlessly suppressed. The mentor had arranged all. Efficiently, and with an attention to detail that was also vital. The room in the clean, middle-class hotel

I've seen her face death, her own and others'. I've seen her face the misery and fears of her past and the shadows that cover pieces of it. I've seen her terrified of her own feelings. But she stood. She gathered herself and stood up to it. And this, this departmental procedure, has destroyed her.

jumped close, close enough to see blade marks scoring the surface. All those people, the brightly colored hats, gloves, and scarves. A couple, holding hands, laughing as they stumbled over the ice together. A girl with golden-blond hair, wearing a red skin suit and vest, was spinning, spinning, spinning until she blurred. Another couple with a little boy between them, their hands joined with his as he grinned in wonder.

They both knew evil not only existed, it flourished and grew fat, and it reveled in its pursuit of the weak and the innocent.

Communism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism." Roarke jerked his shoulders. "Democracy, republic, monarchy. One is the same as the other to them. It's power, it's glory. It's revolution for the sake of it. Politics, religion, for some it remains their own narrow and personal view." "Conquer and rule?" Eve wondered.

if you gave the media any part of yourself, it squeezed it, twisted it, and wrung it dry.

she'd survived Death by Expense Report

Rather than trust her reflexes, she programmed for auto. And hoped the jokers down in Maintenance hadn't played any pranks with the mechanism. Still, she was too tired to care if she ended up in Hoboken.

If you ask me, East Washington's been paranoid since the terrorist hit." Feeney sneered into the camera. "Couple dozen legislators get whacked, and they never forget it.

Your book is bloated and self-indulgent

Good hunting, Lieutenant." "Thanks. Hey, you've got a lot of businesses to protect." He turned in his doorway. "One or two." "Zillion," she finished. "The point being, you've got fail-safes and contingencies and whatever. Various people who'd do various things when in the dim, distant future, you die at two hundred and six after we have hot shower sex." "I'd hoped for two hundred and twelve, but yes.

The rap sheet of a dick. Dicks kill as much as anyone. I do try to keep mine nonviolent. The smirk that crossed her face felt good. It's got some punch. Thanks, darling. I'd love to punch you later. You always want to punch me. That's love for you. Amused, she angled her head, studied him. Maybe I'll punch you back. Here's hoping.

Everything and all things. That was Eve for him. Nothing he'd ever dreamed of, even in secret in the dirty alleys of Dublin, approached the reality of her. Nothing he possessed could ever be as precious. The taste of her in the cool night, in the pale light, stirred a craving he understood would never be fully sated.

You make romance a dangerous business.

Don't make me feel like you don't need me. ~ Mavis

Maybe it's all they were after, but gamblers gamble. It worked, as far as they're concerned.

It's more than you think it can be," she heard herself say. "It changes everything, and fixes everything that matters. Maybe you're never going to be the same, and maybe part of you is always afraid of what will happen if . . . but he's always going to be there. All you have to do is reach out, and he's going to be there.