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An American best-selling author known for her romance novels. Since publishing her first novel in 1981, Nora Roberts has written over 200 books, which have been beloved by readers worldwide.

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“You love tests?" "Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love?”

Wells Choices Answers Tests Yeah Multiple Essays Questions And Answers True Or False Multiple Choice

Book:Tribute

Source: Tribute

“She wants to learn how to handle a gun. Well, I want George Clooney naked in my bed, but I haven't attempted kidnapping. Yet.”

Want Wells Havens Bed Gun Handle Naked Kidnapping

Book:The Witness

Source: The Witness

“The simple and most complex answer is love.”

Simple Answers Complexes

Author:Nora Roberts

“The man that put that hurt look in your eyes, could be worth everything, or nothing at all.”

Men Looks Eye Hurt

Author:Nora Roberts

“Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable. She was thrilled to be back.”

Stills Three Views Week Changed Window Coffee Noise Miserable Cop Poisonous Futuristic Stingy

Book:J. D. Robb In Death Collection

Source: J. D. Robb In Death Collection

“Once you considered failure you were one step farther away from success.”

Book:Irish Rebel: Irish Legacy

Source: Irish Rebel: Irish Legacy

“People tell their children there are no monsters in the world. They tell them that because they believe it, or they want the child to feel safe. But there are monsters, Luke, all the more frightening because they look like people.”

People World Want Feels Believe Looks Children Safe Monsters Frightening Luke

Book:Honest Illusions

Source: Honest Illusions

“I love you. I don't know when it started, years ago or weeks. But I know my heart's lost to you, and I wouldn't have it another way. You're what I want, all there is of you.”

Knows Way Want Years Heart Lost Week Love You My Heart Years Ago Another Way

Book:Nora Roberts's The Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy

Source: Nora Roberts's The Gallaghers of Ardmore Trilogy

“What's your status?" she asked him. "Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?" "Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude.”

Mean Wise Healthy Wealthy Rude Crafty Eve Dallas

Author:Nora Roberts

“Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.”

Ifs Needs Wells Doe Games Roles Edges Handle Witness Cop Reluctant Playing Games Role Playing

Author:Nora Roberts

“Don't worry."... "We are right behind you." "Notice," Lilah added with a smile, "the direction is behind.”

Behinds Worry Behind You

Book:Megan's Mate: The Calhouns

Source: Megan's Mate: The Calhouns

“Why is it you think you'll live forever and why do you want to, I'd like to know, when you deny yourselves so many of the basic pleasures in life?”

Thinking Knows Want Pleasure Forever Deny Live Forever

Book:Jewels of the Sun

Source: Jewels of the Sun

“He had realised that most vital of humanities. he had touched lives. And he had raised three boys that no one had wanted into men.”

Men Wanted Humanity Three Boys Raised Touched Realised

Book:Sea Swept

Source: Sea Swept

“What kind of a maniac needed over five thousand plates?”

Kind Five Needed Thousand Plates Maniacs

Book:J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection

Source: J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection

“She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?”

Girl Gone Possibility Ghost Fearless That Girl

Book:Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

Source: Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

“The worst, the very worst requirement of friendship, in Eve Dallas's opinion, was sitting through an entire evening of childbirth classes. What went on there--the sights, the sounds, the assault on all the senses--turned the blood cold.”

Sound Opinion Class Blood Worst Cold Sitting Sight Senses Evening Requirements Assault Childbirth Dallas Eve Dallas

Author:Nora Roberts

“And you're not going to tell me she didn't make a move on you. At least test the waters." "The waters," he said, "were not receptive." "If they had been, I'd have drowned her in them already.”

Ifs Said Moving Water Tests Receptive Make A Move

Author:Nora Roberts

“I got you a present." "Did you?" "It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that,' so it seemed like the thing. Then I screwed up and left it in my desk at work”

Book Left Stuff Desks Screwed Up

Author:Nora Roberts

“Love's scary, and sometimes it's transient. But it's worth the risks and the nerves. It's even worth the pain.”

Sometimes Pain Risk Scary Nerves Transient

Book:Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

Source: Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

“Somethings in life are out of your control. you can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you're afraid some day you might lose it.”

Might Wanted Next Loses Party Steps Tragedy Refuse Next Steps

Book:Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

Source: Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

“I won't consider getting horizontal with someone I can barely tolerate when we're vertical.”

I Can Tolerate Vertical Horizontal

Book:Nora Roberts' MacGregors Collection:

Source: Nora Roberts' MacGregors Collection:

“My mother says happy ever after's a bunch of bull.”

Mother Bunch Bulls Ever After Happy Ever After

Book:Happy Ever After

Source: Happy Ever After

“Laying a hand on his heart, she timed its beats to her own. And knew the truest magic was there.”

Heart Hands Magic Beats Truest

Book:Nora Roberts' Three Sisters Island Trilogy

Source: Nora Roberts' Three Sisters Island Trilogy

“Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.”

Said Play Tough Cards Folds Mia Cards You're Dealt

Book:Heaven and Earth

Source: Heaven and Earth

“He'd done as he'd pleased and even had often enjoyed long runs of luck where he hadn't been caught. But the luckiest moment of his life had been being caught.”

Long Done Moments Running Luck Caught Enjoyed Long Runs

Book:Sea Swept

Source: Sea Swept

“You mess with one Quinn, you mess with them all.”

Book:The Quinn Brothers: 2-in-1

Source: The Quinn Brothers: 2-in-1

“I can't say I cared much for you when I first came back. There's that crappy attitude of yours, and you're ugly, but you kind of grow on a guy." Immensely cheered, Seth snickered. "You're uglier." "I'm bigger, I'm entitled. So I guess I'll hang around to see if you get any prettier as time goes on." "I didn't really want you to go," Seth said under his breath after a long moment. It was the closest he could get to speaking his heart. "I know.”

Ifs Knows Want Firsts Heart Kind Long Said I Can Moments Guy Grows Attitude Goes On Bigger Breaths Ugly Closest Entitled Time Goes On

Book:Nora Roberts' Chesapeake Bay Saga 1-4

Source: Nora Roberts' Chesapeake Bay Saga 1-4

“Please let me go." "Anna." He lowered his brow to hers. "Don't ask me to do that, because I don't think I can live without you. Take a chance, roll the dice. Come with me.”

Thinking I Can Asks Chance Please Let Me Ask Me Take A Chance Without You Brows Dice Anna Let Me Go

Book:Sea Swept

Source: Sea Swept

“The outward appearance would never indicate they were brothers. (...) But she could see that at the moment they were as united as triplets in the womb.”

Moments United Brother Appearance Womb Outward Appearance Triplet

Book:The Quinn Brothers: 2-in-1

Source: The Quinn Brothers: 2-in-1

“Phillip look into Ray's eyes. He saw compassion and hope. And he saw himself mirrored back, bleeding in a dirty gutter on a street where life was worth less than a dime bag. Sick, tired, petrified, Phillip dropped his head into his hands. "What's the point?" "You're the point, son." Ray ran his hand over Phillip's hair. "You're the point.”

Looks Hands Eye Compassion Saws Streets Son Hair Sick Tired Dirty Ran Bags Rays Bleeding Dimes Gutters

Author:Nora Roberts

“It's not an exaggeration to say that they saved my life. Ray Quinn, then Cam and Ethan and Phil. They turned their world around for me, and because of it, turned mine around with it. Anna and Grace and Sybill, Aubrey too. They made a home for me, and nothing that happened before matters nearly as much as everything that came after.”

World Made Matter Home Grace Happened Mines Saved Rays Exaggeration Anna Quinn

Book:Chesapeake Blue: Number 4 in series

Source: Chesapeake Blue: Number 4 in series

“The purest magic is in the heart.”

Author:Nora Roberts

“I want to keep you, till the end of days.”

Want Ends The End Of The Day Till The End

Author:Nora Roberts

“But when two people feel something, they ought to respect that enough to figure it out”

People Feels Two Enough Figures Ought

Book:The Witness

Source: The Witness

“He loves me." "You sound surprised." "Nobody ever did. Not like this. It's easy to say, for some people. The words. But it's not just words with Roarke. He sees inside me, and it doesn't matter.”

People Matter Easy Sound

Book:J. D. Robb In Death Collection

Source: J. D. Robb In Death Collection

“Peabody, you never cease to amaze me." "One day I'll tell you about my granny and her five lovers." "Five lovers isn't abnormal for a woman's lifetime." "Not in her lifetime; last month. All at the same time." Peabody glanced up, deadpan. "She's ninety-eight. I hope to take after her.”

Lasts Five Months Lovers One Day Lifetime Eight Cease Ninety Abnormal Granny Ninety Eight

Author:Nora Roberts

“Men are boys in bigger packages.”

Men Boys Bigger Packages

Author:Nora Roberts

“Men shake hands after they beat each other up; we eat chocolate.”

Men Hands Beats Shakes Chocolate

Book:Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

Source: Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

“And still she felt more confident at the prospect of taking on the Russian Mafia than she did attending a backyard barbecue.”

Stills Felt Mafia Backyards Attending Barbecue Russian Mafia

Author:Nora Roberts

“Because you’re the one. Because I’ve never felt for anyone what I feel for you. I want a lifetime with you, Abigail. I want a home with you, family with you. I want to make children with you, raise them with you. If you truly don’t want any of that with me, I’ll give you the best I’ve got, and hope you change your mind. I just need you to tell me you don’t want it.”

Ifs Want Needs Giving Feels Mind Children Home Felt Raises Lifetime Need You Changing Your Mind Abigail

Book:The Witness

Source: The Witness

“It’s good to be with someone when you know you matter. Not assume,” she qualified, “but know. To be with someone, who even when you don’t think you want or need it, will stand up for you. Someone who sends you flowers and buys you magic wands. I’m not going to look around the corner for what’s next.”

Thinking Knows Want Needs Looks Matter Next Magic Flower Assuming Corners Qualified Around The Corner Wands Magic Wands

Author:Nora Roberts

“It’s never simple.” Avery slid an arm around Hope’s waist. “It shouldn’t be. Because being with someone should matter enough to be at least a little bit complicated.”

Should Littles Matter Enough Bits Simple Arms Little Bit Complicated

Book:The Perfect Hope: Number 3 in series

Source: The Perfect Hope: Number 3 in series

“i had that hole in me. that empty space...she put it in me, you filled it...she was part of my life. you are my life. if i have a regret, it,s that even for an instant you could think otherwise. or that i allowed you to. -Roarke”

Ifs Thinking Space Regret Empty Filled Holes Instant Empty Space

Author:Nora Roberts

“I think I've just lost five pounds in fear sweat." Peabody mopped at her face. "Now I want a cannoli. I don't know why." With a laugh, Roarke shifted to grin at her. "I'll buy you a dozen, precious." "Cannolis, for God's sake.”

Thinking Knows Want Faces Lost Laughing Five Sake Pounds Sweat Dozen Cannolis

Author:Nora Roberts

“I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.”

Thinking Giving Someone You Love Telling Someone You Love Them

Book:Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

Source: Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

“I have to say you don't look anything like a policewoman." Maxia's perfect eyebrows arched as she gave Eve's dress a quick scan. "Leonardo dresses you, doesn't he?" "No, I usually do it myself.”

Looks Perfect Dresses Eyebrows Leonardo

Author:Nora Roberts

“If I can make you unhappy, then I can make you happy as well.”

Ifs Wells I Can Unhappy Make You Happy

Book:Born in Fire

Source: Born in Fire

“I’ve been happy alone and I’ve been unhappy without you. I never wanted to depend on anyone, or to let myself care so much I could be made unhappy. But I depend on you and I love you.”

Made Care Wanted Love You Depends Unhappy Without You Happy Alone

Book:Born in Fire

Source: Born in Fire

“Love without trust? It's not love at all.”

Without Trust Love Without Trust

Author:Nora Roberts

“You're excuses are so lame they're limping.”

Excuse Lame Limping

Book:Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

Source: Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet

About the Author

Born: October 10, 1950
Known for: Author
Quotes: 556

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