Quotes by Nora Roberts

About Nora Roberts:

Nora Roberts is an American bestselling author of more than 209 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series, and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty.
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[Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you can count on, no matter what, and who'll love you no matter how much you screw up.

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Alone in her shelter, she allowed herself tears. When her shelter cooled to the touch she called to Gull, “Coming out!” She eased her head out into the smoky air, looked over at Gull. She imaged they both looked like a couple of sweaty, parboiled...

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Who I am now is who I was before. The three years between, they were the aberration. You wouldn't recognize the person I became during that lost time. I barely do.

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Earrings are like orgasms. You can never have too many." " I never thought about it quite that way." Well, you're a man. " She gave his knee a friendly pat.

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We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.

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There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity." Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.

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No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love wi...

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Her heart was an invalid convinced that it would not survive many more sunsets.

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Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.

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The charming king of Arilland had fallen in love at first sight. There was no question he would soon take this beautiful stranger as his bride.Fate had brought them together. Destiny. It was intoxicating.

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They say that secrets live at the bottom of a wine bottle. Mama had made it there the night before, slow glass by slow glass, but she'd never spoken a word.

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He was furious with himself for having lived these last days on a wish. On a lie. A kiss does not make the future. Love alone does not make a life.

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If the bird was made, it chose to be made. It's here because it chooses to be with you.

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Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

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He won't be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair...He'll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I like my heroes human.

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They know their crime," she said. "They know their shame.

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Some people expect things to fall into their lap. Oh, they might work a bit for it. I'll just shake this tree, and if I shake it long enough that pretty red apple will plop right into my hand. Never occurs to them that they might have to climb the da...

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Do you think, Sam, that even if it were only my own heart at risk, I could pour it into your hands again?" "Then just take mine. I'm not doing anything else with it.

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I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn't mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It shouldn't mean being unwilling to. That's the rom...

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Change--savor the cool, fresh flavor of it.

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Don't give up on your own happy-evers.

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Author Bio

  • NameNora Roberts
  • DescriptionAmerican romance writer
  • AliasesEleanor Marie Robertson; Jill March; Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder; J. D. Robb; Sarah Hardesty
  • BornOctober 10, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Author