Nora Roberts Quotes

United States, Author
October 10, 1950

Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson) is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series, and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty.

Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered.

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

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- Control
- Party
- Tragedy

We make destiny with every turn, every choice.

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

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- Life
- Victims
- Handle
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.

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One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.

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- Story
- Pleasures
- Else
Good fiction creates its own reality.

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- Reality
- Fiction
- Creates
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.

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- Want
- Step
- Ask

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

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

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- Love
- Rock
- Stands
There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

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- Work
- Risk
- Reward
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.

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- Heart
- Courage
- Strength
You have to believe in it to get it.

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- Believe
- Get