Quotes from The Next Always

“I've wanted to be with you when I didn't have the right to.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“So, you’re hitting on Clare the Fair.”

“I’m not hitting on her. I’m exploring the possibility of seeing her on social terms.”

“He’s hitting on her,” Owen said around a mouthful of chips. “You’ve still got that thing you had for her back in high school. Are you still writing bad song lyrics about heartbreak?”

“Suck me. And they weren’t that bad.”

“Yeah, they were,” Ryder disagreed. “But at least now we don’t have to listen to you playing your keyboard and howling them down the hall.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“I'm messing this up. I love you. I should've started with that. I swear I trip up more with you than anybody. I love you, Clare. I always did, but it's different loving who you are now. It's so damn solid. You're so solid, so steady, strong, smart. I love who you are, how you are. I love those boys, you have to know.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Couples take care of each other, Clare, that's what makes them a couple. And couples tell each other when something happens that scares them.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“It's about us. It's about trust.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“You got used to running things on your own."
"What could he do about it when he's in Iraq and the car breaks down in Kansas?"
Beckett gave her a long, quiet look. "I'm not in Iraq."
"No, and it has to be said, I'm not in Kansas anymore." She lifted her hands, then let them fall. "It's not that I've forgotten how to be a couple, but that my experience in being part of one is different from yours. Maybe from most people's. And I've been on my own a long time."
"Now you're not. I'm not fighting a war, and I'm right here." Needed to be here, he realized, with her.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Men are boys in bigger packages.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Told you not to tell her.”

“That's not how I work things. That's not how you build a relationship.”

“Build a relationship.” Ryder snorted as he sent the drill whirling again. “You've been reading again.”

“Blow me.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“You're the woman in my life,” he said. “Another thing about me and my brothers? We look after the women in our lives. We don't know any other way.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“That's possible to likely. We're involved, you and me. I'm telling you what I'm going to do because I figure when people are involved, when they matter, they tell each other.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“I hope that's true, because I figured out why I'd never finished it, what I was waiting for. I was waiting for you, Clare. For them. For us. I want to finish it up for you, for them, for us.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“It's only thunder."
"It just startled me," she said, her eyes on his. "I'm not afraid of storms.'
"Let's see."
Still, he moved slowly, taking his time as much to prolong this new moment as to gauge her reaction. He laid his hands on her hips as the rain beat and splashed, sliding them up her body, smooth and easy as he lowered his head, paused-one long breath-then fit his mouth to hers.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Harry, I promised you something. I said I'd clear it with you before I asked your mom to marry me. I need you to tell me it's okay if I do.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“You're seriously talking about a ghost. This building - or parts of it - has been here for two and a half centuries. It would strike me odder if there wasn't a ghost. Not everything, everyone, leaves.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“He can't face you on an adult level, so he comes along and fucks up your truck. Classic payback method for the tiny-dick type.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Ryder - the oldest, Avery continued. He's standing as job boss on this project. Owen's the detail guy, runs the numbers, makes the calls, takes the meetings. Or most of them. Beckett's an architect.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“He stayed nearly an hour. Clare would have kissed him again just for the fact he'd given her kids such a great time. He'd never seemed bored or annoyed with a conversation dominated by superheroes, their powers, their partners, their foes.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Still, he moved slowly, taking his time as much to prolong this moment as to gauge her reaction. He laid his hands on her hips as the rain beat and splashed, sliding them up her body, smooth and sexy as he lowered his head, paused - one long breath - then fit his mouth to hers. This, he thought as the took her face in his hands. Just this, so worth the wait. Soft, sweet, a yielding tremor, and her arms came up to wrap around his waist, to draw him into her.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Beckett, don't make me ask you to come upstairs and check in the closets. She laid her hands on his cheeks. Just come upstairs.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Romantic couples. Each room has its own flavor, its own feel.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“When you know the answer, it's not being hardheaded. It's just being right.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“He found his mother and Carolee on two in the Eve and Roarke room.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“All three are terrific carpenters and cabinetmakers.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“maybe waiting. No matter how both of them had changed, evolved, restructured their lives, at the base they remained who they were.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“In his experience you got more results with flat reason than angry confrontation. He just had to keep reminding himself he wanted results and not the satisfaction of a fight.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“Avery pushed to her feet. “I’ll”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

“across the street, a few doors down, Sam watched the house, noting”
― Nora Roberts, quote from The Next Always

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