460 Quotes by J.D. Robb

A thin snow started to spit out of grumpy gray skies. Which meant, Eve knew, that at least fifty percent of the drivers currently on the road would lose a minimum of one-third of their intelligence quotient, any skill they’d previously held at operating a vehicle thereby turning what had been the standard annoying traffic into mayhem.

And we don’t hit people when they say stupid things. Because they’re allowed to, it’s not against the law. People can be as stupid as they want, and we just ignore them. We can say, ‘You’re wrong,’ or maybe, ‘You’re an idiot,’ but that’s it. We don’t hit ’em, we just ignore ’em. Right?

Gossip needn’t be false to be evil – there’s a lot of truth that shouldn’t be passed around. – Frank A. Clark.

You know better than to blame yourself.” “Knowing better doesn’t always stop it.

Edison, Oedipus, platypus. Whatever.

Love makes you do the wacky.

Oh, come on. People see ghosts all the time.” “That’s because people, by and large, are whacked.

But he knows me better than I figured. He knows she matters to me.” “And he’ll count on that messing you up. You gonna let it?

But a book? You go into it. There’s no visual or auditory other than what forms in your own mind. You visualize the characters, the scene, through the words. You, as reader, interpret the tone of voice, the colors, the movement as you physically turn the pages.