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I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Marriage is a land mine. A really intimate land mine. Adultery to kitchen fires. Never a dull [moment].
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When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.
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And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.
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You love tests? Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love?
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Do you know what I feel about you, Devin? About us?...Dazzled, you dazzle me. You make me feel things, and want things I never knew I could have. -Cassie
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I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.
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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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If you can't dance on it, it isn't coffee.
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Hey. Hands off.” , “Please. Please, please, soooo pretty. Lemme just have one little touch.” “Peabody, isn’t it embarrassing enough you’re wearing pink cowboy boots, again, without standing here drooling on my coat?”, [J.D. Robb, Celebrity In Death]
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I'm not putting up with this, she continued. You can't even go out and buy a solar system without worrying I'll fall apart. How are you supposed to get anything done? Actually, I'm not in the market for a solar system right at the moment.
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People who say not to speak ill of the dead are hypocrites, because you can take it ot the bank they're thinking ill.
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