Quotes from J.D. Robb

And since even the thought of winter precipitation caused the majority of drivers to lose any shred of competency they might own, she spent most of her trip avoiding, leapfrogging over, and cursing every cab and commuter. The

maybe Reineke would've survived the blast—then he'd never have gotten over surviving it

Wilkey is another malignant narcissist, and one with a messiah complex. A charismatic bigot who draws in his followers with words of harmony, peace, personal success, and contentment

One doesn't leave one's mates behind at such a time.

anything to see. I want uniforms canvassing again in the

I know love, and what it does to you, for you. I know that it can bloom out of friendship, or that friendship can open out of love. Both are precious. And when you have both, there's little that can't be done.

I've already explained

We bloody well do.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

victims' diaries again, cross

scripture to his own ends." Mira set her empty cup aside. "He

Betrayed for cookies? Et tu, fuckers?

But to use it, instead of being used by it, that took more, Peabody determined. It took what she could only define as valor.

Does that mean you're going to stop worrying about me worrying?" "It's moving that way. We probably just need to have a good fight over something, finish it off. A good fight can work like a good orgasm, and clear things out.

Dial M for Murder in my book, same director. And that

The daily life of kids was a strange one, she thought. You got hauled to various locations, dumped there, hauled out again at the end of the day. During the dump time, you formed your own little societies that might have little or nothing to do with your pecking order in your home life. So weren't you constantly adjusting, readjusting, dealing with new rules, new authorities, more power, less? No wonder kids were so weird.

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." Surprised

I've got a tip." "Me, too. Let a smile be your umbrella and you're gonna get your dumb ass wet.

Money without honor is a disease. BALZAC

You fit, you know, you and Dallas. Christ, the two of you fit." They did, yes, Roarke thought when the door closed. But the fit wasn't always comfortable.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything. PUBLILIUS SYRUS Money

knife simultaneously. "Handy. Pretty damn handy. What's with this lining? It feels sort of dense. It's not

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.

There's no rule to that, Eve. It's just love.