J.D. Robb Quotes

Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered. A

Life used to be simple. Mmm. It did. Because it didn’t have all these people in it. If

Mostly suck—it’s the law of averages, I figure, especially when you’re on the job. Then you cross paths with people like that. Bad shit’s happened to them, seriously bad shit, but they still come out...

Propped up a little as her eyes adjusted. She hardly ever got to watch Roarke sleep. Most of the time he rose before she did. And sleep for her tended to be wandering in lucid, often disturbing dreams...

Targets destroyed, the training, the discipline, the hours of study, all led to this moment. This cold, bright afternoon in January 2061 marked the true beginning. A clear mind and cool blood. The app...

To forging her career. She’d just landed a part in an

You know, I'm only marrying you for sex and food.

Our engines don't run at the same speed. What the hell does that mean? Just that. It sounds like something that ought to piss me off. But I can't figure out exactly why. When I do, I might have to pop...

When a guy’s in the hospital, he wants toys. When a guy gets a splinter in his toe, he wants toys.

Would you jump in front of a maxibus for me? Absolutely. They don't go very fast.

Eve)Hold on. You have to give them a gift for moving?Uh-huh. Plus they're shacking, so it should be a couple thing. She (Mavis) ate another canape, fed on to Leonardo.Why does there have to be a gift...

Roarke) Those who can't, teach. Isn't there some saying along those lines? (Eve) She gave him a blank look. If you can't do something, how the hell can you teach somebody else to do it?

A good cop, a smart cop, closes cases and locks up the bad guys.

A pity it was so early in the day and I couldn't treat myself to the roller coaster. we'll have to come back, you and I, and make up for it.Sure, when I've lost my mind and want to rush screaming thro...

A thin snow started to spit out of grumpy gray skies. Which meant, Eve knew, that at least fifty percent of the drivers currently on the road would lose a minimum of one-third of their intelligence qu...

A vid comes to you, even at you. It’s visual, it’s auditory, and can, of course, pull you in. Its purpose is to do just that, draw you into the world you see and hear. But a book? You go into it. Ther...

ADA Cher Reo was sleeping off a night of drunken revelry like the rest of them, so that would be handy.

All right, team. Randa lifted the tent between Mavis’s legs. Positions. Why is this my position? Eve demanded when she was maneuvered to the bottom of the bed.

Alone, Roarke took the gray fabric button from his pocket, the one he’d found on the floor of his limo. The one that had fallen from the jacket of that drab gray suit she’d worn the first time he’d se...

An appointment for what? The singer caught his attention. He cocked a brow, watching her roll her eyes and gesture. Unless she's having some sort of seizure, I believe the vocalist is signaling you.Re...