Robyn Donald > Quotes

“People don't get to our ages without having pasts. I'm more interested in the future.”
― Robyn Donald, Tiger, Tiger

“Falling in love was easy-when romantic attraction was combined with hungry, unsated desire, they formed a glamorous, glittering bauble as fragile as it was alluring, a bauble that could shatter as soon as it was grasped.

Tenderness was a different story. It had staying power and the promise of a future.”
― Robyn Donald, Tiger, Tiger

“...the collective wisdom of humanity [is] enshrined in its poetry.”
― Robyn Donald, Tiger, Tiger

“Every man is a chauvinist, however much he wishes to be otherwise.”
― Robyn Donald

“Heroes are men who admit to being difficult to live with, who demand extremely high standards in every aspect of their lives, who are natural, effortless leaders, strong men, men with prestige and intelligence, whose faults are likely to be manifestations of strength and power. He is the master of his life; he is in control. Whether his sphere of influence is the boardroom or the mountains, the sea or the stage, the hero dominates it with his personality, his intelligence, and his quick, hard-honed grasp of every situation. A hero can seem arrogant and short-tempered, ruthless, tough, even cruel -- he can be quite unlovable at first.”
― Robyn Donald

“tightened his gut and sent him to the border of craving. Soon she’d leave Niroli; until she did, he had to keep this urgent appetite”
― Robyn Donald, One-Click Buy: December Harlequin Presents