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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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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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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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...those who love suffer when who they love suffers.
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The man was useless as tits on a bull, but he didn't deserve to die like that.
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Women are the worst. They zero in on some guy.Oh boy, he's the one, gotta get me that one. So they do. Then they spend the rest of their time trying to figure out how to change him. Then if they manage it, they're not all that interested anymore, because guess what? He's not the one anymore.
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Roarke, what's going on here?' 'Lieutenant.' He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. 'Indications are we're having a romance.
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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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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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No. No, I don't believe you'd betray me with her. I don't believe you'd cheat on me. But I'm afraid, and I'm sick in my heart that you might look at her, then at me. And regret.
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There it was, Eve supposed. There was the answer to why people got tangled up with people. Because when you were down, when you were wallowing, someone you mattered to would ask if you were okay.
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Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.
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Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable. She was thrilled to be back.
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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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You can fix anything but a blank page.
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I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.
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It's an exceptional thing to have someone in your life who knows and understands you so well. Who loves who you are. A very exceptional thing.
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