Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms. - Nora Roberts
Fate. You could never anticipate it. - Nora Roberts
Family’s the luck of the draw, Lena. What you make of yourself, because of or despite it, that’s where the spine and heart come in. - Nora Roberts
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. - Nora Roberts
My own brother calling me a brickhead. Sneering faeries insulting me. Women punching me in the face. How much more am I to swallow in one bloody day? - Nora Roberts
To fate and the strange way that it twists us all together. - Nora Roberts
Anything worth anything can be found in books. - Nora Roberts
And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking. - Nora Roberts
When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don't choke on it. - Nora Roberts
I'm going to treat myself to one of these as a reward for not knocking himself unconscious with a skillet. - Nora Roberts
Memories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play. - Nora Roberts
You can't edit a blank page - Nora Roberts
Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?""Kiss a cow farm boy - Nora Roberts
People in hell want snowcones. - Nora Roberts
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. - Nora Roberts
A bit of sniffles and men are more work than a brood of babies. - Nora Roberts
Anyone that has character leaves a mark on another. Would you like to leave the world without making a ripple? - Nora Roberts
Love and magic have a great deal in common. they enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. - Nora Roberts
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. - Nora Roberts
You can fix anything but a blank page. - Nora Roberts
A relationship isn't something that has to be created in a day or perfected in a day. Part of the game is to keep working on it. It's something that'll always be just a little flawed. - Nora Roberts
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. - Nora Roberts