And since Iโm marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If youโre sleeping with Laurelโโ โIโm not sleeping with Laurel. Weโre dating.โ โRight, and the two of you are just going to hold hands, admire the moon, and sing camp songs.โ โFor a while. Minus the singing.
Nora RobertsShannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions.
Nora RobertsWhatever you remember, or feel, you need to know that whatever they were they did one worthwhile thing in their miserable lives. And that was you. Whatever they were, they couldn't destroy that. They couldn't stop you from becoming.
Nora RobertsMarriage is a land mine. A really intimate land mine. Adultery to kitchen fires. Never a dull [moment].
Nora RobertsShe gazed toward the marsh that grew thicker, deeper, greener with approaching summer. Mosquitoes whined in there, breeding in the dark water. Alligators slid through it, silent death. It was a place where snakes could slither and bogs could suck the shoe right off your foot. And it was a place, she thought, that went bright and beautiful with the twinkling of fireflies, where wildflowers thrived in the shade and the stingy light. Where an eagle could soar like a king. There was no beauty without risk. No life without it.
Nora Roberts