146 Quotes & Sayings By Nora Roberts

When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you–even with your weaknesses, your flaws, everything starts to click into place. And if you can talk to her, and she listens, if she makes you laugh, and makes you think, makes you want, makes you see who you really are, and who you are is better, just better with her, you’d be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her. (Carter Maguire) . Nora Roberts

I’ve never been the one. Not for anybody.” He closed the distance between them. “You’ll get used to it.” He tipped her face up to his, kissed her.“ Why? Why am I the one?”“ Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it. Nora Roberts

Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to you Nora Roberts

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live. Nora Roberts

Excuse me? Tonight you represent every dateless woman in this city, every woman who's about to sit down to a lonely meal of Weight Watchers past primavera she's just nuked in the microwave. Every woman who will get into bed tonight with a book or reruns of Sex and the City as her only companion. You are our shining hope.... But no pressure. Nora Roberts

Love wasn't the soft, silky words the poets spoke of. Love, with it's twin edges, was the one factor that weakened so many women, that pushed them to compromised their own wants, their own needs for the needs and wants of another. Nora Roberts

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 Nora Roberts

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. Nora Roberts

I'm not asking you for a second chance. I know better than that. But you've got no right to ask me to settle for sex then expect me to give up the one thing that's kept me going. I gave you up, now I'm taking what's left.”“ You didn't give me up, ” she tossed back. “You never wanted me.”“ I never wanted anything the way I wanted you. I loved you.” He dragged her painfully to her toes. “I've always loved you. I cut my own heart out when I sent you away. Nora Roberts

As a rule of thumb, I'd say one cliché per [Romance]--and then be damn sure you can make it work. But if you're going to try to write the virginal amnesiac twin disguised as a boy mistaken for the mother (or father depending how well the disguise works) of a secret baby, honey, you better have some serious skills. Or seek therapy. Nora Roberts

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". Nora Roberts

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. Nora Roberts

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. 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. Nora Roberts

You don't fix a man the way you do a fault in a pipe or a leak in a roof. You take him as he is, Mary Brenna, or you don't take him at all...adjustments can't be all made on one side, darling, else the balance goes off and what's being built just falls down. Nora Roberts

He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just a little sway. Del’s hugs mattered, she thought, and made him impossible to resist. Nora Roberts

And since I’m marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If you’re sleeping with Laurel–”“I’m not sleeping with Laurel. We’re dating.”“ Right, and the two of you are just going to hold hands, admire the moon, and sing camp songs.”“ For a while. Minus the singing. Nora Roberts

Parker: She believed, absolutely, that each person, each heart, had a counterpart–had a mate. A rightness. She’d always believed it, and understood that unshakable belief was a reason she was good at what she did. Nora Roberts

Nodding, Parker ate. “He’s an exceptional kisser.”“ He really is. He . How do you know?” When Parker just smiled, Emma’s jaw dropped. “You? You and Jack? When? How?”“I think it’s disgusting, ” Mac muttered. “Yet another best pal moving on my imaginary ex.”“ Two kisses, my first year at Yale, after we ran into each other at a party and he walked me back to the dorm. It was nice. Very nice. But as exceptional a kisser as he is, it was too much like kissing my brother. And as exceptional a kisser as I am, I believe he felt it was too much like kissing his sister. And that’s how we left it. I gather that wasn’t an issue for you and Jack. . Nora Roberts

You know what she's made of."" Yeah, good stock, good breeding, a hard head and a hunger to win." She flashed him a smile as they approached the kitchen door. "I've been told that describes me. I'm half Irish, Brian, I was born stubborn."" No arguing with that. A person might make the world a calmer place for others by being passive, but you don't get very far in it yourself, do you?"" Look at that. We have a foundation of agreement. Now tell me you like spaghetti and meatballs."" It happens to be a favorite of mine."" That's handy. Mine, too. And I heard a rumor that's what's for dinner." She reached for the doorknob, then caught him off guard by brushing a light kiss over his lips. "And since we'll be joining my parents, it would probably be best if you didn't imagine me naked for the next couple of hours." She sailed in ahead of him, leaving Brian helplessly and utterly aroused. Nora Roberts

If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn’t sending you the ‘let’s go back to my place’ signals. In that case–”“ Don’t go there, Bob. Let’s just not go there. Nora Roberts

Shall I tell you what rock and roll is, Johnno, from someone who doesn't perform, but observes? It's restless and rude. It's defiant and daring. It's a fist shaken at age. It's a voice that often screams out questions because the answers are always changing. The very young play it because they're searching for some way to express their anger or joy, their confusion and their dreams. Once in a while, and only once in a while, someone comes along who truly understands, who has the gift to transfer all those needs and emotions into music. Nora Roberts

Abby: "You were great. I don't know what I'd have done without you." Dylan: "You'd have done fine. That's one of the most intimidating things about you." Abby: "Intimidating? Me?"Dylan: "It isn't easy for a man to get involved with a woman who's totally capable of handling anything that comes along.. It isn't easy for a man to believe that there are woman who can not only do those things but enjoy them.. [But] it's all natural for you isn't it? It's incredible. Nora Roberts

I go to Ireland. Walk along an empty beach. When I do, I think of all the people who have walked there before, and will walk there again. Then it occurs to me nothing is forever. No matter how bad or how good, everything passes and moves on to another level. Nora Roberts

...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion. Nora Roberts

She sighed once, wishing she had a talent for the details of telling stories. She wasn't bad at themes, she mused, but she could never figure out how to turn a theme into an engaging tale. So she read instead, and admired those who could. Nora Roberts

You walked in, and the air changed. It gives you an advantage and you're enough of a challenge. I'm not trying to be a challenge. It's one of the things that makes you one. Nora Roberts

He preferred the term "study" to "office, " as an office meant work. No way around it. In a study, you could, well, study, or nap or read, or stare into space thinking long thoughts. You could certainly work, but it wasn't a requirement. Nora Roberts

You don't want some tacky Vegas fly-by. You're serious. You're serious about friendships, about your work, your family. You're serious about Star Wars, and you active dislike of Jar Jar Binks---""Well, God. Come on, anyone who---"" You're serious, " she continued before he went on a Jar Jar rant, "about living your life on your terms, and being easygoing doesn't negate that one bit. You're serious about what kind of kryptonite is more lethal to Superman.""You have to go with the classic green. I told you, the gold can strip Kryptonians' powers permanently, but---"..." Mkae all the lists you want, Cilla. Love? It's green kryptonite. it powers out all the rest. Nora Roberts

My own brother calling me a brickhead. Sneering faeries insulting me. Women punching me in the face. How much more am I to swallow in one bloody day? Nora Roberts

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything. Nora Roberts

Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing. Nora Roberts

She pressed her mouth to his throat, his shoulder, would have absorbed him into her skin if she'd known a way. Nora Roberts

You're going to need this, " she said, and pulled out a condom." At some point, we're also going to need a defibrillator and a fire extinguisher."" Promises, promises. Nora Roberts

Well, I'd have more zing with George Clooney and Harrison Ford in a threesome, but neither of us are going to get that wish. Nora Roberts

Happily ever after?" "If justice doesn't triumph and love doesn't make the circle in entertainment fiction, what's the point? Real life sucks too often. Nora Roberts

Fictional people are people, too, otherwise why would we care what happens to them? Nora Roberts

Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be your truth at the time of the writing, wouldn't it? Nora Roberts

Take a few minutes."" No. He's already had more of my time than he was entitled to." Yes, he thought as she walked out of his office. Very much like her grandmother. Nora Roberts

Family’s the luck of the draw, Lena. What you make of yourself, because of or despite it, that’s where the spine and heart come in. Nora Roberts

All he'd learned was that love was a jewel with too many facets to count. Strength and weakness running side by side through it. And that no one could give or take it with any less than an open hand. Nora Roberts

Shannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions. Nora Roberts

Creative is my god. Technology my cherished lover. Nora Roberts

Knowing isn't always believing. Nora Roberts

Words have magic. Spells and curses. Some of them, the best of them, once said change everything. Nora Roberts

I am what I am and I can't change it. I know how to cope and how to get by. I don't want or expect anyone to stand with me. I don't need anyone to. I've learned to accept my life just the way it is, and I don't give a damn if you or anyone else doesn't. Nora Roberts

Everything I know, I learned from dogs. Nora Roberts

I think you're under no obligation whatsoever to forgive anything, to forget anything. You're not required to push away the years of abuse because the abuser now chooses to be sober and in his sobriety regrets his actions. And white may be small and unforgiving of me, I think people who do so at the snap of a dam finger are either liars or are in need of serious therapy. I assume you heard him out, so in my personal opinion, any debt you might owe for your existence is now paid in full. It may be fashionable to hold that terrible actions are indeed terrible, but that hte person inflicting them isn't responbile due to alcohol, drugs, DNA, or GD PMS. He damn well was responsible, and if you decided to loathe him for the rest of your life, I wouldn't blame you for it. How's that?" (Cybil to Gage - she ROCKS). Nora Roberts

You need a place just a click over middle range. Don’t want to go all-out first time, but you don’t want to run on the cheap either. You want atmosphere, but not stuffy. A nice established place.”“ Bob, you’re going to give me an ulcer.”“ This is all ammunition, Cart. All ammo. You want to be able to order a nice bottle of wine. Oh, and after dinner, if she says how she doesn’t want dessert, you suggest she pick one and you’ll split it. Women love that. Sharing dessert’s sexy. Do not go on and on about your job over dinner. Certain death. Get her to talk about hers, and what she likes to do. Then–”“Should I be writing this down?. Nora Roberts

I'm going to treat myself to one of these as a reward for not knocking himself unconscious with a skillet. Nora Roberts

A bit of sniffles and men are more work than a brood of babies. Nora Roberts

You have to believe in it to get it... Nora Roberts

Memories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play. Nora Roberts

Love and magic have a great deal in common. they enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. Nora Roberts

Love spells are nothing but wives' tales. You can't play magic inside the heart, for it's more powerful than any spell. Lust you can order up with a wink, desire with a smile. But love is love, and there is nothing can touch it. Nora Roberts

We've got this heat going on, that's all. If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not go into that end ofthings."" Oh, it's all the same to me. You're both adults and you got two working brains between you. Bothof you were raised right, so what you do is your own business. Next time, though, lock the damn doorfirst. Nora Roberts

It's Salvation. When Jen told me I had a vision. A vision Rena. I think I saw the blessed mother smiling and she was hold ing a loofa.[ In regards to moving out of dorms and having three bathrooms between 4 roomates] Nora Roberts

Anyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch. Nora Roberts

Anything worth anything can be found in books. Nora Roberts

Fate. You could never anticipate it. Nora Roberts

Niall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will. Nora Roberts

To fate and the strange way that it twists us all together. Nora Roberts

I can't believe what a state I got myself into over this. Everyone was right. They said it would just happen, and it did. I guess the best things do. Nora Roberts

Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons. Nora Roberts

He hated this feeling of free-floating, just drifting from place to place, thought to thought, without any sense of anchor or root. Nora Roberts

You have any complaints or comments, you direct them to me. If you call and harass Granddadagain, I'll do whatever I can, legally, to revoke that trust fund you've been living off of for the lastthirty years."" You have no right to–"" No, you have no right. You never worked a day for this company, any more than you and mymother worked a day to be parents. Until he's ready to step aside, Eli MacMillan runs this show. Andwhen he's ready to step aside, I'll run it. Believe me, I won't be as patient as he's been. You cause himone more moment's grief, and we'll have more than a phone conversation about it."" Are you threatening me? Do you plan to send someone after me like Tony Avano?""No, I know how to hit you where it hurts. I'll see to it all your major credit cards are canceled. Remember, you're not dealing with an old man now. Don't fuck with me." He jabbed the off button, considered heaving the phone, then spotted Sophia standing at the edgeof the patio. . Nora Roberts

Love's a gift, and can certainly be refused. Refusing doesn't destroy the gift, it simply puts it aside. You're free to do that. I'm not expecting a gift in return. Take what's offered, especially when it's offered so generously and without expectations. Nora Roberts

Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms. Nora Roberts

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple? Nora Roberts

I know what it is to be pushed in a direction you don't want to go, or one you're not ready for. People say they know what's best for you. Maybe sometimes it's true. But it doesn't matter if they keep pushing until they take your choices away. Nora Roberts

When we destroy it." She spoke clearly now, steadily now. "If it comes in a form with a dick, I will personally castrate it". Nora Roberts

Don't give up on your own happy-evers. Nora Roberts

But when two people feel something, they ought to respect that enough to figure it out Nora Roberts

Bright light. You've always found your way. Nora Roberts

When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don't choke on it. Nora Roberts

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking. Nora Roberts