Nora Roberts Quotes

Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms.

Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?

When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don't choke on it.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

'Motivation matters,' he said again, 'because why you do something connects to how you do it, who you do it to, or for. And maybe what you see at the end of it-if you're looking that far.'

If you were a girl,Jack said to Dell, I'd marry you.-No. You'd just have sex with me then never call me.

If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion.

And you just had to rush right over here to rub my face in it.Nope. I rushed right over here to slap your face in it.A rude but effective wake-up call, Laura commented and earned a shocked stare.I exp...

Caroline Waverly: Sometimes we hurt more for what might have been than for what is.

Coming from something doesn't make it what you are.

Dinner's in one hour. If you're not back, sitting at the table, I'll beat you all unconscious with a spatula.

Do you always get away with the outrageous?Mostly. Are you always s beautiful in the morning?Don't waste your charm.It's all right, I have more.

Do you know what happens when you always look before you leap? She reached out and touched his hand before hurrying toward the door. You hardly ever make the jump.

Eve rose stiffly when he strode out of the house. In silence, she watched Julia look after him. The male ego, Eve murmured as she crossed the room to put an arm around Julia's shoulders. It's a huge a...

He braced his elbows on the desk,his brow on his fists. She came shrieking across the court.I'd just hit a line drive,barely missed beaning her. Cameras rolling, and there I am trying to look my sixth...

He waved cheerfully, then opened the door, tripped over the threshold, and as his balance was already impaired, nearly went face down on the floor for the second time that day. He caught himself, hung...

I didn't get fired.You didn't punch your boss and get fired from the Tribune? That's what I heard.I punched what could loosely be called a colleague for cribbing my notes on a story and since the edit...

I figure if you’ve got to take someone down or set them straight, you might as well enjoy it on some level.Malcom

I'm damned if I'm going to be eaten by a bear when I'm naked.I'm sure it's a more pleasant experience dressed.

I'm not in love with someone! he shouted at her, infuriated because she was right and he couldn't do a thing about it. I'm in love with you, and damn it,I don't like it.You've made that abundantly cle...