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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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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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The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.
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God is dead and I am his replacement.
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And you're not going to tell me she didn't make a move on you. At least test the waters. The waters, he said, were not receptive. If they had been, I'd have drowned her in them already.
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What is technology?... It's another god.
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Love birds don't always sing pretty tunes.
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I was having the surreal experience of having myself show myself around my office and bullpen.” “Oh! My desk. I could’ve sat at my desk. I could’ve sat at your desk.” “No.” “It’s a vid set.” “Even then, no.
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It was a joint, which put it one slippery step up from a dive.
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Caroline Waverly: Sometimes we hurt more for what might have been than for what is.
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Love without trust? It's not love at all.
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Don't say hit and mountain in the same sentence.
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I want to keep you, till the end of days.
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[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.
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Retirement wasn't a reward at the end of a well-run career ... it was a void surrounded by endless dull hours, haunted by memories of work.
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Roarke's brow cocked as he noted Casto take in the black satin that slithered over Eve's body. In the manner of men or unfriendly male dogs, Roarke showed his teeth.
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Life has very little even ground.
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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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Marry me, Rebecca...You might as well say yes. I'll just talk you into it.
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I'm a barrel of monkeys, kid, though mostly I figure monkeys stuck in a barrel are just going to be pissed off.
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Make a life with me, one that comes from love, one that I can watch grow in you. Only a fool would believe that what comes from what we have together would be anything but beautiful.
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