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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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I think sometimes fate cuts you a break. Like it says, okay, you've had enough of that crap, so it's time you fell into something nice. See what you make out of it.
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You want safe? Find a nice puppy you can train to come heel. Love's supposed to be scary. Because if there's no fear, there's no thrill.
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It's not an exaggeration to say that they saved my life. Ray Quinn, then Cam and Ethan and Phil. They turned their world around for me, and because of it, turned mine around with it. Anna and Grace and Sybill, Aubrey too. They made a home for me, and nothing that happened before matters nearly as much as everything that came after.
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No second chance? A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.
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That's possible to likely. We're involved, you and me. I'm telling you what I'm going to do because I figure when people are involved, when they matter, they tell each other.
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I think things happen between people for a reason.
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There's an oatmeal cookie in there. I see no reason for the existence of oatmeal, particularly in cookies.
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Up to this point your life has pretty much sucked. You’re not responsible for that. But you are responsible for what happens from here on.
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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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Love without trust? It's not love at all.
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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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[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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Do little pink fairies sing and dance in your world, Peabody? Sometimes, when it's very quiet and no one else can see.
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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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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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There was nothing like a Saturday - unless it was the Saturday leading up to the last week of school and into summer vacation. That of course was all the Saturdays of your life rolled into one big shiny ball.
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I need to write to be happy.
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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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He was one of the many toads you have to go through to find the prince.
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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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