Nora Roberts Quotes

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.

Earrings are like orgasms. You can never have too many." " I never thought about it quite that way." Well, you're a man. " She gave his knee a friendly pat.

Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.

Love is not enough. But, it is the rock on which all else stands.

know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

It's hard to resist a bad boy who's a good man.

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

We make destiny with every turn, every choice.

If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to you.

The wounded recognized the wounded.

You spend your life getting walked on, you learn to recognize the tread.

In the summer of 80, Silhouette bought my first book.

You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.

Why were there no buoys in life to show you the way?

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

Courage comes in different forms. There's strength--that's the muscle. But love's the heart. When you put them together, you can do anything.

Love birds don't always sing pretty tunes.

We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

What about your crepe?" "Stuff It." "She's crazy about you," Mavis commented. "It's almost embarrassing, the way she fawns.

Sometimes a wind comes up, blows you off course. You’re not ready for it, but if you’re lucky, you end up in a more interesting place than you’d planned.

Potholes and bumps? Welcome to the world. Every road gas them. They're there to be navigated, avoided, driven over, or through to the other side. Don't keep driving into the pothole.

Memories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play.

You have to believe in it to get it.

No second chance?" A wry smile twisted Carrick's lips. "There might have been, had I not waited so long to take it.

If you do not step forward you will always remain where you are.

And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.

She gazed toward the marsh that grew thicker, deeper, greener with approaching summer. Mosquitoes whined in there, breeding in the dark water. Alligators slid through it, silent death. It was a place where snakes could slither and bogs could suck the shoe right off your foot. And it was a place, she thought, that went bright and beautiful with the twinkling of fireflies, where wildflowers thrived in the shade and the stingy light. Where an eagle could soar like a king. There was no beauty without risk. No life without it.

We all look. The lucky find.

When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.

You're going to blow his socks off!

Roarke had to force himself not to snatch her up as she swept through the hallowed Senate halls. Members of the media were already leaping toward her, but she cut through them as if they weren’t there. “I like your style, Lieutenant Dallas,” he said when they’d fought their way to the car. “I like it a lot. And by the way, I don’t think I’m in love with you anymore. I know I am.

And since I’m marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If you’re sleeping with Laurel—” “I’m not sleeping with Laurel. We’re dating.” “Right, and the two of you are just going to hold hands, admire the moon, and sing camp songs.” “For a while. Minus the singing.

Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little.

You can fix anything but a blank page.

I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.

Grab it while you can because tomorrow could suck you dry.

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

Shall I tell you what rock and roll is, Johnno, from someone who doesn't perform, but observes? It's restless and rude. It's defiant and daring. It's a fist shaken at age. It's a voice that often screams out questions because the answers are always changing. The very young play it because they're searching for some way to express their anger or joy, their confusion and their dreams. Once in a while, and only once in a while, someone comes along who truly understands, who has the gift to transfer all those needs and emotions into music.

You can't edit a blank page

It looks like Armani and Cartier went to war.