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Nora Roberts Inspirational Quotes (271)

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...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion.
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Mary Stewart will always be my goddess. I can pick up one of her early books - one I've read a dozen times - and still slide right into the story.
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Do little pink fairies sing and dance in your world, Peabody? Sometimes, when it's very quiet and no one else can see.
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Don't say hit and mountain in the same sentence.
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It's not an exaggeration to say that they saved my life. Ray Quinn, then Cam and Ethan and Phil. They turned their world around for me, and because of it, turned mine around with it. Anna and Grace and Sybill, Aubrey too. They made a home for me, and nothing that happened before matters nearly as much as everything that came after.
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Roarke's brow cocked as he noted Casto take in the black satin that slithered over Eve's body. In the manner of men or unfriendly male dogs, Roarke showed his teeth.
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Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop? He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.
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It takes a lot of spine and stomach to make yourself into something when no one gives you a foundation.
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Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.
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I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.
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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.
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I don't kick a man when he's down, unless I'm the one who put him down in the first place. I don't put him down unless he deserves it. And I don't break my word if I give it. So I'll give you my word.
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Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.
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Survivors lived with their mistakes.
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Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie? Kiss a cow farm boy
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Love meant different things to different people.
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I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical.
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An eye for an eye.” “That's a revenge thing, right? From some play.” “The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays.
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I'm still picking pockets--I just do it as legally as I can. Being married to a cop limits certain activities.
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You saved me, Eve. He watched her blink in absolute shock. What you are, what I feel for you, what we are together saved me. He kept his eyes on hers as he kissed her.
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Men didn't respect beauty...they used it.
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Dinner's in one hour. If you're not back, sitting at the table, I'll beat you all unconscious with a spatula.
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Nature will kill you without a minute's thought, and in nastier ways than a crazy guy with agun. It doesn't make her any less beautiful.
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My fondest wish, I suppose, would be to die at the keyboard right after finishing a book, perhaps with a little time off to have some really good sex. It's not, 'Oh, thank God, this is book No. 250. I can die now.'
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