J.D. Robb Quotes

That works for now. Eve's stomach began to clench and jitter. There were tears swimming in her aide's eyes. Peabody's lips were quivering. What are you doing? she demanded.Nothing. Sir.How come you're...

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past. THOMAS CARLYLE

The man missed nothing. It was almost spooky.

There’s no such thing as an amicable divorce.

There’s one more reason I opted against sleeping with Julian.Okay.He’s not like Roarke, but he gives the illusion of being a lot like him when he’s in the mode. So the idea of sleeping with him felt d...

True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.   —William Shakespeare

Two years married, she thought, and he could still make her heart hum.

Unidentified contact and/or jammed transmissions to police officers are illegal. I'��m obliged to caution you that this transmission is being traced through CompuGuard, and it'��s being recorded.����I...

Water lapped as she sat forward. Don’t play games with me, Roarke. Eve, it’s my fondest wish to do just that.

We begin to die with our first breath. Death is inside us, ticking closer, closer, with every beat of our heart. It is the end no man can escape. Yet we cling to life, we worship it despite its transi...

We're going to go right by a couple 24/7s crossing town. Maybe we could stop and get some hot chocolate.That stuff they sell in those places is swill.Yeah, but it's chocolate swill. Peabody tried a pi...

Wear your new boots. He passed her the clothes. They'll work well with that, and with the coat as well.What new boots? Her eyebrows drew together as he took them off a shelf. And where did they come f...

Well, as we were saying when last we met—I don't have to say dick to you without my lawyer.Did I ask you to say dick? Peabody, replay the record and verify that I at no time requested that the subject...

Well, hell, Eve. If you need to run off to you dressmaker, or take your cat to therapy, Peabody and I can handle this minor matter of murder. Eve lips stretched in a vicious smile. Bite me, Casto.

We’re going to get a couple things straight here, Roarke.’‘Your color’s back.’ Pleased with himself, he rose and nipped a kiss onto the tip of her nose. ‘That gray cast to your skin didn’t suit you.’...

We’re the blue line, sir, and that will resonate on-screen. But Peabody is the face, the very human element. And she would symbolize who we are, contrast sharply against what Renee Oberman is.He rubbe...

What are you drinking? Number fifty-four; it’s supposed to be a chardonnay. Experimentally, Eve sipped again. It’s at least three steps up from horse piss. I recommend it.

What are you smiling at? she snapped at Roarke. I’m a man, and I’m sitting here having coffee and cookies while two beautiful women snarl at each other. Being a man I’m required to wonder—perhaps imag...

What? I’m not wearing clothes today?Oh, if only. Today, you take a rare moment to think about clothes.I think about them. They keep me from being arrested for indecent exposure. And if I have to tackl...

You enjoyed your honeymoon?Christ, she thought, when was someone going to ask if she'd enjoyed being fucked around the world and into outer space? Yes, sir. Thank you.