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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Science Fiction Writer
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Silver Spring
Maryland
Eleanor Marie Robertson
Jill March
Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
J. D. Robb
Sarah Hardesty
Eleanor Wilder
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I loved the process of writing.
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How's it going down there? It's weird. They're too polite, they talk funny, and stuff has too much shine on it. But the coffee's worse than Central's, so that's something.
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Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie? Kiss a cow farm boy
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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.
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Eve: What do you want? Nadine: A man of amazing sexual prowess, great sensitivity, stupendous abs, and the face of an angel. Toss in a wicked sense of humor and stupendous wealth, who adores the very ground I walk on. Oh wait, you already have him.
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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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If you can't dance on it, it isn't coffee.
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It doesn't matter how long it takes. She thought of him, of them, the lifetime already shared. It's how long it lasts.
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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.
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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.
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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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What is technology? Cian pulled his brother inside, pushed the button for the next floor. It's another god.
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Grudges are bridges with faulty spans. Falling off one is a lot more rewarding than getting stuck on the other side.
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I was educated by the nuns. Guilt and discipline — combine those and you'll be pretty productive.
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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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What about your crepe? Stuff It. She's crazy about you, Mavis commented. It's almost embarrassing, the way she fawns.
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Niall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will.
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I want you more than I should, she heard herself say. I have you less than I want.
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A kiss isn't terminal. It is the way you do it.
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It’s good to be with someone when you know you matter. Not assume,” she qualified, “but know. To be with someone, who even when you don’t think you want or need it, will stand up for you. Someone who sends you flowers and buys you magic wands. I’m not going to look around the corner for what’s next.
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