Quotes By Author: Nora Roberts

“It was a mistake to think of houses, old houses, as being empty. They were filled with memories, with the faded echoes of voices. Drops of tears, drops of blood, the ring of laughter, the edge of tempers that had ebbed and flowed between the walls, into the walls, over the years.Wasn’t it, after all, a kind of life?And there were houses, he knew it, that breathed. They carried in their wood and stone, their brick and mortar a kind of ego that was nearly, very nearly, human.”

“Oh, God. God, isn’t that perfect? He’s Dad. He’s Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don’t even know you’ve had your shields hacked down until you’re defenseless. It’s the type.” “You’re not in love with a type, you’re in love with a man,” Penny corrected. “Or you’re not.”

“You said we’ve got a new page. I figure I’ve got some say in what gets written on it. So I’m going to work on you. Last time around, you threw yourself at me.” “I did no such thing.”“Sure you did. But I can see I’ve got my work cut out for me this time. That’s okay.” He skimmed his thumb over her knuckles before she jerked her hand free. “In fact, I think I’m going to enjoy it.”“I don’t know why I waste my time trying to mend fences with you. You’re as arrogant as you ever were.”“Just the way you like me, sweetheart.”

“Are you telling me you’re cooking me dinner?- Regan Its the quickest way, without physical contact, to get a woman into bed. The kitchen through there?”

“Do you want to fix it?””I just said I was in love with her. Why wouldn’t I want to fix it?””You want to know how?””Goddamn it, Del.” He drank again. “Yes, since you’re so fucking smart. How do I fix it?””Crawl.”Jack blew out a breath. “I can do that”.”

“Sex might satisfy, food might fuel, love might sustain, but without coffee, what is the point?”

“He won’t be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair…He’ll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I like my heroes human.”

“I find myself fascinated by a man who admits to enjoying fairy tales and uses the word “impinge”- barely misses a beat while indulging in a brief girl-on-girl fantasy. You’re a man of layers, Ford.”Me and Shrek, we’re onions.”

“it taught me, that when a woman lets herself love, she loses. it taught me that to survive, you rely on yourself first and last.” -adrianne”It should have also taught you that sometimes love has no threshold.” -philip”

“He wanted to be a poet,’ someone else put in while Maggie hugged Tim and patted his back. ‘Said he’d only lacked the words to be one.”

“ A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured.”

“Good fiction creates its own reality.”

“The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover’s tears.”

“Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now….”

“She’d just be more satisfied if my happiness aligned with her point of view.”