“There was nothing like a Saturday - unless it was the Saturday leading up to the last week of school and into summer vacation. That of course was all the Saturdays of your life rolled into one big shiny ball.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“If you take your time about things, you end up with the best at the end of the day." He buried his face in her hair, wanting the scent and the texture. "Now, I've got the best. Good, solid stoneware.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“He'd learned quickly enough that when you cooked for a family, everybody was a critic.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“He loved his job. What was advertising, anyway, but a knowledge of people and of which buttons to push to nudge them into opening their wallets?
It was, he often though, an accepted, creative, even expected twist on picking those wallets. For a man who had spent the first half of his life as a thief, it was the perfect career.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“He loved his job. What was advertising, anyway, but a knowledge of people and of which buttons to push to nudge them into opening their wallets?
It was, he often thought, an accepted, creative, even expected twist on picking those wallets. For a man who had spent the first half of his life as a thief, it was the perfect career.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“It is easy to be brave when you have a child depending on you.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“the water. They worked in tandem, and in near silence, communicating with grunts, shrugs, and the occasional oath. The work was a comfort, since the crabs were plentiful. There were years when they weren’t, years when it seemed the winter had killed them off or the waters would never warm up enough to tempt them to swim. In those years, the watermen suffered. Unless they had another source of income. Ethan intended to have one, building boats. The first boat by Quinn was nearly finished. And a little beauty it was, Ethan thought. Cameron had a second client on the line—some rich guy from Cam’s racing days—so they would start another before long. Ethan never doubted that his brother would reel the money in. They’d do it, he told himself, however”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“There were only two men in her life she had ever really loved. It seemed neither of them could want her as she needed them to want her.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“Doing it right, is more important than doing it fast."
"I can do it fast and right.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“Everything she’d ever read about love was true, she discovered. The sun shined brighter, the air smelled fresher. Flowers were more colorful, the songs of birds more musical.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“Fate takes its own sweet time, but it always finds a way.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“Women make a man want to shoot himself in the head and be done with it.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“When people break your heart, pride’s all you’ve got left.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“When people break your heart, pride’s all you’ve got left.
And pride, could turn cold and bitter without heart.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
“People like to say they’ve given somebody a choice when what they’re really saying is ‘do this my way’.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Rising Tides
Nora Roberts
Born place: in Silver Spring, Maryland, The United States
See more on GoodReads
“You don’t get fat because your metabolism slows; your metabolism slows because you’re getting fat.”
― quote from Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
“Over middle of mantel, engraving—Washington Crossing the Delaware; on the wall by the door, copy of it done in thunder-and-lightning crewels by one of the young ladies—work of art which would have made Washington hesitate about crossing, if he could have foreseen what advantage was going to be taken of it.”
― Mark Twain, quote from Life on the Mississippi
“William slapped him on the shoulder, sending Sex into rapturous convulsions. “Before we do this, I’ve got one question for you. And you can’t lie. This is too important.”
A bit sick to his stomach at what such a debaucher could want to know, Paris cast his attention to the black-haired, blue-eyed he-devil. “Ask.”
“Are you going to suggest I kiss you for good luck or strength or whatever it is your sex demon needs?”
That earned the warrior a two-fingered salute.
“So that’s a no?” William asked.
Paris worked his jaw. “Here, let me help you off the cliff to the drawbridge.” With no more warning, he shoved William over the ledge. He thought he heard a fading, “ So not cool,” from the bastard as he fell…fell…
Splat.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from The Darkest Seduction
“She was tough," James said, "but nice. She wanted to talk things out with Slytherin even after he'd tried to kill the lot of us. But she wasn't a pushover. None of them were. They were hardcore. I'll tell you more tomorrow. How'd you all know I'd gone missing?”
― G. Norman Lippert, quote from James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
“You suck at working with someone," I say, because it's true.”
― Elizabeth Norris, quote from Unbreakable
Museum of Thieves
MirrorMask
Reckoning
The Broken God
By Nightfall
Whip Smart: A MemoirBookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.
Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.
