01UndatedYou need a place just a click over middle range. Don’t want to go all-out first time, but you don’t want to run on the cheap either. You want atmosphere, but not stuffy. A nice established place.”“Bob, you’re going to give me an ulcer.”“This is all ammunition, Cart. All ammo. You want to be able to order a nice bottle of wine. Oh, and after dinner, if she says how she doesn’t want dessert, you suggest she pick one and you’ll split it. Women love that. Sharing dessert’s sexy. Do not go on and on about your job over dinner. Certain death. Get her to talk about hers, and what she likes to do. Then—”“Should I be writing this down?Nora Roberts / quote ↗
02UndatedI'm going to treat myself to one of these as a reward for not knocking himself unconscious with a skillet.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
05UndatedMemories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
06UndatedLove and magic have a great deal in common. they enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
07UndatedLove spells are nothing but wives' tales. You can't play magic inside the heart, for it's more powerful than any spell. Lust you can order up with a wink, desire with a smile. But love is love, and there is nothing can touch it.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
08UndatedWe've got this heat going on, that's all. If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not go into that end ofthings.""Oh, it's all the same to me. You're both adults and you got two working brains between you. Bothof you were raised right, so what you do is your own business. Next time, though, lock the damn doorfirst.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
09UndatedIt's Salvation. When Jen told me I had a vision. A vision Rena. I think I saw the blessed mother smiling and she was hold ing a loofa.[In regards to moving out of dorms and having three bathrooms between 4 roomates]Nora Roberts / quote ↗
10UndatedAnyone who said money didn't matter had never had to count the coins that fell between the cushions of the couch.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
13UndatedNiall: We're tossed by the winds of fate. Once we end where they blow us, we make of ourselves that we will.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
15UndatedI can't believe what a state I got myself into over this. Everyone was right. They said it would just happen, and it did. I guess the best things do.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
16UndatedEvil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
17UndatedHe hated this feeling of free-floating, just drifting from place to place, thought to thought, without any sense of anchor or root.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
18UndatedYou have any complaints or comments, you direct them to me. If you call and harass Granddadagain, I'll do whatever I can, legally, to revoke that trust fund you've been living off of for the lastthirty years.""You have no right to—""No, you have no right. You never worked a day for this company, any more than you and mymother worked a day to be parents. Until he's ready to step aside, Eli MacMillan runs this show. Andwhen he's ready to step aside, I'll run it. Believe me, I won't be as patient as he's been. You cause himone more moment's grief, and we'll have more than a phone conversation about it.""Are you threatening me? Do you plan to send someone after me like Tony Avano?""No, I know how to hit you where it hurts. I'll see to it all your major credit cards are canceled.Remember, you're not dealing with an old man now. Don't fuck with me."He jabbed the off button, considered heaving the phone, then spotted Sophia standing at the edgeof the patio.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
19UndatedLove's a gift, and can certainly be refused. Refusing doesn't destroy the gift, it simply puts it aside. You're free to do that. I'm not expecting a gift in return. Take what's offered, especially when it's offered so generously and without expectations.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
21UndatedAnyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple?Nora Roberts / quote ↗
22UndatedI know what it is to be pushed in a direction you don't want to go, or one you're not ready for. People say they know what's best for you. Maybe sometimes it's true. But it doesn't matter if they keep pushing until they take your choices away.Nora Roberts / quote ↗
23UndatedWhen we destroy it." She spoke clearly now, steadily now. "If it comes in a form with a dick, I will personally castrate it".Nora Roberts / quote ↗
