Nora Roberts Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured. Bed of Roses

2. Are you telling me you're cooking me dinner?- Regan Its the quickest way, without physical contact, to get a woman into bed. The kitchen through there? The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared

3. As a rule of thumb, I'd say one cliché per [Romance]--and then be damn sure you can make it work. But if you're going to try to write the virginal amnesiac twin disguised as a boy mistaken for the mother (or father depending how well the disguise works) of a secret baby, honey, you better have some serious skills. Or seek therapy.

4. Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now.... The Stanislaski Brothers: Mikhail and Alex

5. 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 Black Hills

6. Do you want to fix it?""I just said I was in love with her. Why wouldn't I want to fix it?""You want to know how?""Goddamn it, Del." He drank again. "Yes, since you're so fucking smart. How do I fix it?""Crawl."Jack blew out a breath. "I can do that". Bed of Roses

7. 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. Daring to Dream

8. He wanted to be a poet,' someone else put in while Maggie hugged Tim and patted his back. 'Said he'd only lacked the words to be one. Born in Fire

9. He won't be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair...He'll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I like my heroes human. Enchanted

10. I find myself fascinated by a man who admits to enjoying fairy tales and uses the word "impinge"- barely misses a beat while indulging in a brief girl-on-girl fantasy. You're a man of layers, Ford."Me and Shrek, we're onions. Tribute

11. I guess money can't buy happiness if you shop in the wrong places. Tribute

12. I’ve never been the one. Not for anybody.He closed the distance between them. You’ll get used to it. He tipped her face up to his, kissed her.Why? Why am I the one?Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it. Vision in White

13. I’ve never been the one. Not for anybody.He closed the distance between them. You’ll get used to it. He tipped her face up to his, kissed her.Why? Why am I the one?Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it. Vision in White

14. it taught me, that when a woman lets herself love, she loses. it taught me that to survive, you rely on yourself first and last." -adrianne"It should have also taught you that sometimes love has no threshold." -philip Sweet Revenge

15. love wasn't the soft, silky words the poets spoke of. Love,with it's twin edges, was the one factor that weakened so many women, that pushed them to compromised their own wants, their own needs for the needs and wants of another. Sweet Revenge

16. That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea. Black Rose

17. The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears. Born in Fire

18. When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you—even with your weaknesses, your flaws, everything starts to click into place. And if you can talk to her, and she listens, if she makes you laugh, and makes you think, makes you want, makes you see who you really are, and who you are is better, just better with her, you’d be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her. (Carter Maguire) Happy Ever After

19. You said we've got a new page. I figure I've got some say in what gets written on it. So I'm going to work on you. Last time around, you threw yourself at me. I did no such thing.Sure you did. But I can see I've got my work cut out for me this time. That's okay. He skimmed his thumb over her knuckles before she jerked her hand free. In fact, I think I'm going to enjoy it.I don't know why I waste my time trying to mend fences with you. You're as arrogant as you ever were.Just the way you like me, sweetheart. The Reef

20. 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. Savor the Moment

21. He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just a little sway. Del’s hugs mattered, she thought, and made him impossible to resist. Savor the Moment

22. Nodding, Parker ate. He’s an exceptional kisser.He really is. He . . . How do you know? When Parker just smiled, Emma’s jaw dropped. You? You and Jack? When? How?I think it’s disgusting, Mac muttered. Yet another best pal moving on my imaginary ex.Two kisses, my first year at Yale, after we ran into each other at a party and he walked me back to the dorm. It was nice. Very nice. But as exceptional a kisser as he is, it was too much like kissing my brother. And as exceptional a kisser as I am, I believe he felt it was too much like kissing his sister. And that’s how we left it. I gather that wasn’t an issue for you and Jack. Bed of Roses

23. Parker: She believed, absolutely, that each person, each heart, had a counterpart—had a mate. A rightness. She’d always believed it, and understood that unshakable belief was a reason she was good at what she did.

24. You don't fix a man the way you do a fault in a pipe or a leak in a roof. You take him as he is, Mary Brenna, or you don't take him at all...adjustments can't be all made on one side, darling, else the balance goes off and what's being built just falls down. Tears of the Moon

25. You know what she's made of.""Yeah, good stock, good breeding, a hard head and a hunger to win." She flashed him a smile as they approached the kitchen door. "I've been told that describes me. I'm half Irish, Brian, I was born stubborn.""No arguing with that. A person might make the world a calmer place for others by being passive, but you don't get very far in it yourself, do you?""Look at that. We have a foundation of agreement. Now tell me you like spaghetti and meatballs.""It happens to be a favorite of mine.""That's handy. Mine, too. And I heard a rumor that's what's for dinner." She reached for the doorknob, then caught him off guard by brushing a light kiss over his lips. "And since we'll be joining my parents, it would probably be best if you didn't imagine me naked for the next couple of hours."She sailed in ahead of him, leaving Brian helplessly and utterly aroused. Irish Rebel