Chasing Fire Quotes

“[Everyone needs] a woman who'll listen, take your side, tell the truth - or not, as you need it. A woman you can count on, no matter what, and who'll love you no matter how much you screw up.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“What was that technique you were using on those bastards?"
"An ancient form called kicking ass.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“When somebody walks out, it leaves a hole in you. Some people fill it up, the good and the bad, and get on that way. Some people leave it open, maybe long enough to heal, maybe too long, picking at it now and then so it doesn't heal all the way.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I want a beer. I want a giant, ice-cold bottle of beer and shower sex.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“It's called male bonding. You'll never get it. I believe women are as capable as men, deserve equal pay—and that one day, should be sooner than later, in my opinion, the right woman can and should be leader of the free world. But you can't understand the male bonding rituals any more than men can understand why the vast majority of women are obsessed with shoes and other footwear.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I'm damned if I'm going to be eaten by a bear when I'm naked."
"I'm sure it's a more pleasant experience dressed.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“Matt's brother and the blond cook spent a good portion of last season tangling the sheets. Historically, said cook tangled many other sheets with dexterity and aplomb."

"Aplomb"

"It's a polite way to say she banged often, well and without too much discrimination."

"That also sounded polite."

"I was raised well.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“You are wise as well as short."

"I can also break bricks with my bare hands."

"That's a handy skill if you ever find yourself walled up in the basement of an abandoned house by a psychopath.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“Getting a room's not always enough. Sometimes you gotta close the door.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts noises, thousands flee in terror. Don't test me."

"Can you hear that? It's my knees knocking."

"They're wise to fear me.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I want lots and lots of sex."

"You really are the woman of my dreams."

"First round, wet shower sex, after we scrape off a few layers of the Alaskan tundra, then a short and satisfying lunch break. Then a second round of make-the-mattress-sing sex."

"I feel a tear of gratitude and awe forming in the corner of my eyes. Don't think less of me.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I had to get by the flower beds he's planted, the flowers in vases, candles, the potpourri in the powder room—"
"Mother of God! Potpourri in the powder room. We need to get a posse together ASAP, go get him. He can be deprogrammed. Don't lose hope.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“So we ate some smoke, so what?”

“You lost most of your eyebrows.”

Stunned, she pressed her fingers above her eyes. “Shit! Why didn’t you tell me?”

“It’s a look.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“Alone in her shelter, she allowed herself tears. When her shelter cooled to the touch she called to Gull, “Coming out!” She eased her head out into the smoky air, looked over at Gull. She imaged they both looked like a couple of sweaty, parboiled turtles climbing out of their shells.

“Hello, gorgeous.”

She laughed. It hurt her throat, but she laughed. “Hey, handsome.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“Let's go have lotsa drunk sex before it hits."

"'Kay. Drunk sex for everybody!”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I have to get used to it—to her, but she's put a light in him so I think I'm going to be a fan."

"You're a stand-up gal, Swede."

"If she screws him up, I'll peel the skin off her ass with a dull razor blade.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I've fallen pretty deep in...care with you.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“You're the answer before I even asked the question.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I didn't want to fall for anybody. It's so messy. I'm so happy it was you. I'm so happy to love you, Gulliver.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“There's a wilderness here. She knew it lived inside her.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“Fire doesn’t only destroy, Rowan. Sometimes it creates. The best of it creates, and when love’s a fire, whether it’s bright or a steady glow, hot or warm, it creates. It makes you better than you were without it.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“What’s wrong with standing in the same place if it’s a good place?” “Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you’re standing in it alone. Honey, alone and lonely share the same root.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I love you. I love everything about you. Your voice, your laugh. Your eyebrows when they grow back. Your face, your body, your hard head and your cautious heart. I want to spend the rest of my life looking at you, listening to you, working with you, just being with you. Rowan of the purple lupines.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I did this backwards because first I should've said - I should've said, I love you, Ella. I love you.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“last”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“Goddamn it.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“and”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire

“I didn't want to fall for anybody. It's so messy. I'm so happy it was you. I'm so happy to love you, Gulliver. So happy to know I'll have a life with you, a home, a family with you.”
― Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire