Top 100 Robyn Carr Quotes
#1. You're very presumptuous, you know," she said, but she smiled. He smiled right back. Confident. "You're very beautiful, you know." She
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#2. But you were concerned about making sure things, you know, didn't get serious."
"Yeah, because I'm an idiot.
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#3. Cooper's been married in his head for a while now."
"That's ... kinda sweet.
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#4. The one thing she had learned was that to be tolerated and endured was less dignified than being hated. And it was infinitely more painful.
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#5. It's no good to lose touch with people who mean a lot,
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#6. Tom, how many children do you think I have to have before I figure out you get them by having sex?"
"Of course there would be protection," he offered.
"Tons of it.
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#7. It's up to you." He reached across the front seat and grabbed her hand. "It's always up to you." He drew her hand to his lips and pressed a soft kiss into her palm.
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#8. She'd always had a short fuse but lately she was positively electric and could burst into flame anywhere, anytime ... When she was out of the shower, dry and cool, she had one of those reprieves that came regularly - she felt perfectly normal, sane and in control. Then came the inevitable guilt ...
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#9. Do you agree with that About saying 'forever' and being sure? I do. Will you tell me when you think you're there? Sure. Good. June? Yes? I'm there. You go ahead and take your time.
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#10. Joe, I think I might be clueless when it comes to love. Afraid I wouldn't know real love if it bit me in the ass." He chuckled in spite of himself. "Been there," he said. "Pretty recently, in fact." "I
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#11. Tom. Tom, look at me. Has Nora agreed to marry you?"
"No, but she will because she has to.
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#12. Sometimes you learn your best lessons when you add up all your losses." She
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#13. Paul went to his room, gathered clean clothes and headed down the hall to the shower. He made it quick, but clean. He shaved. Then he thought, I am shaving - why? To be smooth cheeked when I pass out?
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#14. What feels like a disaster can be your new opportunity.
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#15. Don't make love to your problems
they'll never give you back the satisfaction you give them.
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#16. The hardest part of training a painter is showing him how to introduce emotion into his work,
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#17. If we think first about making sure the town is taken care of, we'll do just fine. And we do.
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#18. It's very simple
I got smacked up the side of the head and all your bullshit fell out and some sense seeped in.
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#19. She shrugged."I always put in long hours. I really wanted a wife."
He leaned toward her."Jilliam, honey, The whole world wants a wife. But we're gonna have to make do ...
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#20. It didn't take much to turn a man solitary-being the new guy too often, being controversial now and then, a couple of unsuccessful attempts at a lasting relationship with a woman ...
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#21. Strong women can be so underappreciated unless you're screaming for their help.
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#22. You never really know how much one small single act can change things.
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#23. Until meeting you, I wasn't looking for anything at all. Since meeting you, I'm kind of looking for a girlfriend.
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#24. People belong wherever they feel good. It can be a lot of different places. For a lot of different reasons.
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#25. Who was this guy? she found herself asking. Looks like Paul Bunyan, runs a bar, has all these guns, and cleans and launders like Martha Stewart.
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#27. Big surprise, I put you to sleep. Don't feel bad. It happens all the time.
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#29. I like the way you kiss-a couple of test kisses, then a huge kiss.
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#30. And she saw herself cooking, baking, canning and working a little in the orchard.
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#31. Full and aching and tingling and spiraling, hanging on for dear life, letting go of every other thought and focused only on one thing - let it go, let it go, let it go.
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#32. I wanted to do it for you," he said. "I wanted to show you how much I would do,
how far I would go. How hard I would work.
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#33. You've been treading water," she said. "You're marking the years, not living them.
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#34. Gee, Jack," she said, amused. "You sure came around quickly." "I know," he said. "I'm a genius that way." "Mel must have really lit into you," she said. "That always increases my intelligence about tenfold." "I
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#35. Shank or canned tomatoes thickened with paste for a kind of red sauce to pour over noodles.
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#36. Why do I have to earn it by being good? Don't you feel like bragging?"
"It's better when you beg," he said, his voice low. "It's always better when you beg.
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#37. My father, who suffered from hardening of the arteries, was diagnosed as having that tragic thief of the mind, Alzheimer's.
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#38. Marry me. You'll learn to love me, I promise.
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#39. At this moment, I am obscenely happy. Please don't screw this up or dump me or cheat on me or divorce me."
"All right," he said.
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#40. It's different for guys. They don't feel the same way about proms that girls do. Girls see it as a chance to feel like a princess. Guys see it as a chance to have sex.
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#41. Because, shit for brains, she'd like you to disappear and leave her alone. I'm sure she'd like to stuff you in a hole, but since that isn't going to happen, second choice is you go home to your new wife and leave her the hell alone. You get that? Greg
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#42. It's rude to discuss your wife with your girlfriend
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#43. Lou had a memory like an elephant; it took a lot to cause her to hold a grudge, but once she achieved it, it was even harder for her to let go.
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#44. George was captivated by her. She was a pip, as George's father might have said. But what he saw quickly, what he was sure Noah was oblivious to, Ellie was very like Noah's late wife. She was unique, confident, funny and impossibly positive. Noah
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#45. Baby, everyone has worries. The rich have as many as the poor. The healthy as many as the sick. It's a worrisome deal, this life business. You have to learn to mellow, not stay up all night feeding it
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#46. He tends to go for girls who are-Shelby, honey? Put your hands over your ears for just a sec." Back into the phone he said, "He likes the real slutty ones. Ow!" he yelled when he received a whop to the back of the head.
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#47. Jack, there are only two of us here. One of us is going to push him out, one of us is
going to catch him. Which job do you want?
(Melinda talking to her husband)
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#48. Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Andersen
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#49. Peyton, I'm not married and you're not a lesbian. Think of the possibilities.
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#50. Paul lay awake for a long time, just listening to her breathe, drinking in her scent. Holding her like this, naked against him, it was like a miracle. You don't just go to sleep on miracles. You savor them, give thanks for them. It
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#51. She had become the answer to prayers he hadn't known he whispered.
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#52. She'd never been any kind of camper, never had been good at relieving a full bladder on a whim. Never had quite figured out that squat; it seemed like she'd always wet her right foot.
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#53. I can't find a person without some link to the armed forces!
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#54. There was a loud burst of laughter somewhere in the campground and Maggie looked around. A man wearing a backpack but no clothes was coming down the trail. He had excellent hiking boots on his feet, a straw hat on his head and that was all. His thing was swaying in the breeze.
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#55. Count on Jill Shalvis for a witty, steamy, unputdownable love story.
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#57. Here is something you should probably know about women without being told. We don't want to have to tell a man we need to be wanted. We'd really like that to come naturally. We'd like a man to pursue us because he wants us, not because he's out of options.
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#58. He'd never been shy, but he'd always been a little uncertain around girls. He just couldn't believe they liked him.
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#59. My best advice is this - by the time you meet your Maker, and may it be a long, long time from now, I hope you can close your eyes on a life where you did your damn best and tried your damn hardest. It's not winning that's really winning. It's never giving up.
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#60. We're adults. I might be a little more of an adult if you're counting years but I bet I have a lower IQ, so that puts us pretty much even.
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#61. Sarah, I'm going to take care of you whether you like it or not.
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#62. Maybe we could, um, go sit in the truck? he said, but even as he said it, it sounded so dumb. And not exactly the way he wanted her to remember a marriage proposal.
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#63. She threatened him with dire consequences if he got all puffed up and studly about this. It was easy for him to take it in stride - exactly how many eight-pound babies had he pushed out? And if he joked about this even once, she was going to make him pay. Perhaps for life. Jack
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#64. Wow," she said. "Do you realise how wonderful you sound?"
"Yes, I do," he said with a firm nod. "And I think I'm underappreciated.
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#65. He reached out and lightly touched her hair. There's no way, he thought. I'm sunk. And my heart hasn't beat the same since she walked into town.
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#66. Ignorance might be bliss, but it's irresponsible and dangerous too.
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#67. I'm not wild about throwing up or waddling, but I sure love carrying around a little piece of you. You're right
you make excellent babies." "We all have our special talents," he said.
Mel and Jack
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#68. Waterfront little shanties like this one had
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#69. And it's my opinion that people who don't like dogs are coldhearted and impatient.
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#70. Struggling is mandatory. Suffering is optional.
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#71. Well, you're just going to have to take a leap of faith," he said.
"I think I can do that," she said. "If you're there to catch me."
"I'm here," he said. "I haven't let you down yet, have I?"
She put her hand against his face. "No, Jack. You sure haven't.
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#72. You shouldn't miss opportunities to live life. It could always be your last chance.
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#74. Damn, boy. Look at you. You're almost as old as me." "Hardly." Ricky laughed. "Look at you. You're getting gray, what's this?" "Melinda, naturally. She's working me over. You should be careful, Rick. Strong, sexy women? They'll kill you slow." "What a way to go, huh?" "Yeah,
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#75. Women, she thought. Difficult, complex, emotional creatures.
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#76. He shook his head again. 'I just can't figure out why anyone in his right head would bother these Virgin River women.'
'Yeah. Makes no sense.' Jack said.
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#77. I'm as interested in the families and communities that surround our soldiers.
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#78. But when I got down to it, I was doomed without her. She's the breath in me.
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#79. When you lose your temper, you lose a friend. When you lie, you lose yourself.
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#81. My husband is a former Air Force pilot and my son is an active duty Army surgeon, recently returned from Iraq, so my pride in our military is passionate ... and personal.
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#82. Have an exit strategy. Just in case your current plan doesn't work, always know what your endgame is and where you're going next.
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#83. Does Playboy still run fiction?"
"I have absolutely no idea, Melinda," he said, grinning.
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#84. Can't any of us stand up to those women?"
"Nope," said at least three men in unison.
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#85. I mean, I don't want to pass judgment - I just wish my husband didn't shoot deer."
"Oh, Mel, don't worry. I've been hunting with your husband - the deer are completely safe.
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#86. You don't need a lot of money to live a full life
all you need is a fertile mind, some books and a good attitude. Books are free at the library, but a fertile mind takes practice.
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#87. She sighed deeply. "I really thought about trying to explain them," she said. "And why I really didn't want to - " He reached across the console and picked up her hand, holding it, giving it a squeeze. He smiled and shook his head at her. It's okay, he mouthed silently. He didn't let go of her hand.
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#88. Was - there was already a lot of activity
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#89. Crying will release the sorrowful thoughts on the mind.
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#90. She has to agree to have me. It could take some time, but I'm confident I can trick her into it.
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#91. It's so hard," Andy said. "When you don't have anyone."
"Yeah, I know," Gerri agreed. "Yet it's harder when you have the wrong one.
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#92. We'll make out for a while and you'll feel better.
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#93. (mel)"I knew you'd never leave me."
(jack)"Baby, I'd walk out of hell to get back to you.
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#94. The night, Charlene made the long ride
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#95. All she wanted was to matter. To be more than an opportunity. That's all.
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#96. Jack narrowed his eyes. Why can't you be just a hundred percent good or a hundred percent bad? Why do you have to keep me all confused all the time?
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#97. I didn't want to cry in front of you."
He wiped away the tears with the pad of his thumb.
"I want you to cry only in front of me.
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#98. Maybe we'll admit this thing we have is perfect, not worth messing around with. And stay together forever. If you're interested, that is."
She glanced away. "I could think about that."
He buried his face in her neck. "Think fast
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#99. I think I might drum up the hardest end-of-term exams in the history of the world. I want to be remembered for something." "George, you'll be remembered. Who could forget you?" "Hopefully not you!" He kissed her forehead.
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#100. Thanks a lot. You could have cut the girl some slack. We haven't had anything pretty to look at around here since Bradley's old golder retriever died died last fall.
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