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Men didn't respect beauty...they used it.

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Nora Roberts
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
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Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
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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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Roarke cares very much for Beth and for me, and a few select others. But loves? I'm not sure he'd let himself risk quite that unstable an emotion.
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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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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.
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If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations.
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I think things happen between people for a reason.
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It's Major Ketchup in the bathroom with the laser scalpel. Hmm. He sliced a delicately herbed spear of asparagus. Obviously we were meant for each other as I can interpret that as you meaning something more like Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the candlestick.
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If you’re looking for the full deal, the till-death deal, then look at me. No one’s ever going to love you, stick by you, understand how you work the way I do. (Malcolm Kavanaugh)
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Caroline Waverly: Sometimes we hurt more for what might have been than for what is.
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When you reach for the stars, you lose blood and tears. That's something you should remember.
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You are who you are. I know you. You believe that? Yea but-- You're Eve Dallas. You're the love of my life. My heart and Soul. You're a cop, mind and bone. You're a woman of strength and resilience. Stubborn, hardheaded, occassionally mean as a badger, and more generous that you'll admit.
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Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.
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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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Marry me, Rebecca...You might as well say yes. I'll just talk you into it.
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What is technology? Cian pulled his brother inside, pushed the button for the next floor. It's another god.
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She, as no other ever could, reached every corner of his heart. His joy, and his salvation.
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My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life.
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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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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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