Quotes from J.D. Robb

Forget it." She shifted away, drained her cup, set it aside. "I won't forget it; neither will you." He took her hand, lifted it to his lips. Nothing could have pleased him more than the quick suspicion on her face. "You won't forget me, Eve. You'll think of me, perhaps not fondly, but you'll think of me." "I'm in the middle of a murder investigation. You're part of it. Sure, I'll think of you.

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past. THOMAS CARLYLE

Roarke winced and began the delicate task of extracting his feet from his mouth.

when you have politics, you have corruption." "Possibly.

A mother protects her child above all. She also has to let her go, but not without being sure her child is prepared and armed and ready. If you couldn't admit to yourself and to me those fears, those doubts, you couldn't be ready. Now I can let you go, even wishing I could stop you

over the face in the picture. "Except for one thing." "Let me

the very reasons she'd hyped when talking

It's in them anyway.

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents. —Mark Twain

I rarely do business with wankers.

The law doesn't always stand for the innocent and used. The law doesn't always care enough. I won't apologize for what I did, Eve, but I will for putting you in the position of choosing between me and your duty.

Not only had the nefarious Candy Thief snatched her chocolate, he/she had taken the time and trouble to replace it with the actual item on the freaking menu. She had to respect that.

Fate rules, Eve. You follow the steps, and you plan and you work, then fate slips in laughing and makes fools of us. Sometimes we can trick it or outguess it, but most often it's already written.

I don't care for the fact that you have a point. ~ Roarke

Life was easier when all I had to do was think about murder.

Too many meetings. I'd go psycho if I had to face days stuffed with meetings. There are all these people in them.

The way those thirsty for power, glory, or the satisfaction of brow-beating others into their particular beliefs used God as a weapon of intimidation and fear perplexed her. Not that they'd do it, but that anyone would listen. If God actually took the time to go mourned smiting anyone, she'd like to see him start with the self-righteous pricks that inflated their own egos in his name.

The unrestricted love of a child is a precious gift.

He's our son. We wanted a child, so much. We did our best by him. We did everything we knew. You're saying he's evil.

The way those thirsty for power, glory, or the satisfaction of brow-beating others into their particular beliefs used God as a weapon of intimidation and fear perplexed her. Not that they'd do it, but that anyone would listen. If God actually took the time to go around smiting anyone, she'd like to see him start with the self-righteous pricks who inflated their own egos in his name.

That was the woman he loved, no matter how much she could--and did--infuriate him.

good sex, a hot shower, then bacon? Did a morning get any better?

The heart and the brain don't always mesh, do they? I know your heart, darling Eve, but your brain still has some mysterious corners.

every degree of despair and hope that slithered its way across the littered street to crawl over her skin.