J.D. Robb Quotes

Why is that? Why do we love each other? Because we are what we are, and we’re both okay with it.

You did good today. I won't have to think twice going through the door with you.As Eve walked away, Peabody gaped after her. It had been simply, even casually said, but it was the finest professional...

Forget it. She shifted away, drained her cup, set it aside.I won’t forget it; neither will you. He took her hand, lifted it to his lips. Nothing could have pleased him more than the quick suspicion on...

Then you can investigate me over dinner. He took her arm, lifting a brow as she stiffened. I'd think a woman who'd fight for a candy bar would appreciate a two-inch fillet, medium rare.Steak? She stru...

They were shadows in the dark, cocooned in its secrets, bathed in its silence, enspelled by each other.

Whatever our DNA, it’s living and being that make us.

Whatever our DNA, it's living and being that makes us. We have to love, I think - as forthy as that sounds - we have to love to be fully alive, fully human.

There! There it is again! What language is that?From the bed, Roarke shifted. I believe it's known as rooster.With the weapon at her side, she stared at him, slack-jawed. Are you fucking kidding me?No...

Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.

How does hanky-panky translate to sex? Who comes up with words like that? Probably people who don't have sex

Bribes often worked where procedure or threats wouldn’t.

The surface can hide a great deal of turmoil.

Marriage is a series of promises.

I have reason to believe vigilantes grow to like their work. That power, unchecked, will corrupt its own agenda. That violence, given impunity and approval, breeds more.

There was never anybody before you, she said. I just wanted to say that. And when I did what I do, and it opened a crack in me like it did last night, there was nobody there to hold on to me. I didn't...

Something happen to The Fixer? Yeah, but wait.

I know you love me, but I don't know why. I look at you, and I just can't get why it's me. Every time I get my balance, I lose it again. Because it shouldn't be me, and I think it'd kill me if you eve...

I love McNab.Even as she turned toward Peabody, Eve could feel the muscle under her right eye vibrating toward a twitch. Oh man. Do you have to do this?Yeah. I love McNab, Peabody repeated. It took me...

Violence is as American as cherry pie.   —RAP (HUBERT GEROLD) BROWN

You need more sleep.Skillet, pan.What?You know, the skillet says the pan’s the same deal.He thought a moment. I believe that’s the pot calling the kettle black.Whatever, kitchen stuff can’t talk anywa...