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There are no dead ends, just detours.

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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Silver Spring
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
Jill March
Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
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In the summer of 80, Silhouette bought my first book.
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If that isn't typical male stupidity! If something doesn't work, kick it or swear at it!
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Love without trust? It's not love at all.
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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.
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Because when you hate something, you stop doing it.
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Love didn't run on logic. It didn't follow neat lines or a list of priorities.
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Roarke: The bodies of the three men were found floating in the Chattahoochee River. Eve: I think it'd be embarrassing to be dead in the Hoochie-Coochie River. Roarke: Chattahoochee Eve: What's the difference? Roarke: Quite a bit, I'd think.
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Don't 'honey' me in that southern-fried twang.
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Marry me, Rebecca...You might as well say yes. I'll just talk you into it.
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know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.
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