Memory in Death Quotes

“You have heard the expression 'love is blind'"

"I think it's bullshit. Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But love clears the vision. You see better, sharper, because you feel more that you did before”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“Far be in from me to dictate how you should assuage your guilt. Do you have a lot of it?"

She bit his good shoulder. "You're about to find out."

She toppled them both off the bench and onto the mat. "Well, ouch. I take it guilt doesn't bring out your gentler side.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“Friends give you a cushion for the fall, even when you think you don’t need or want one.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there’s always light and hope in the world. And you’re lucky enough to have a family to share it with.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“People, she thought, could be unbelievably stupid.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“It’s lunacy out there. Christmas makes people insane. And that bit about goodwill toward men? It sure as hell doesn’t apply to retail.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“The man missed nothing. It was almost spooky.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“I slept in myself, didn’t get up until about nine.”
“Has anyone looked outside, checked to see if the world is still spinning on its axis?”
“At which time,” he continued dryly, “I had a workout—I had soufflé, too. Then, before I came down here to enjoy one of my gifts, I worked about an hour in my office.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“People seemed to have this unstoppable need to give and receive stuff they could easily afford to go out and get for themselves anyway.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“You have to believe the lie to live it, to make others see you the way you need to be seen.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“Eve." He took both her hands, brought them to his lips. He wanted to gather her up, cover her in something soft, something beautiful. He wanted to hold her until every horrid memory was washed away. "What you are is a miracle.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“You have a point, but love can also cause you to see things as you prefer to see them, as you want them to be.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But love clears the vision. You see better, sharper, because you feel more than you did before.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“traffic, sure, she’d take a few days off with Roarke. Go to their island, run around naked as monkeys, screw each other brainless in the sand. Grab some sun and surf and gear up for the long, cold winter to come. Her ’link signalled again. “Dallas, what?” “Hey, hi! Did you have a magolicious Christmas?” “Mavis.” Eve had to switch her mind, do a mental one-eighty. “Yeah, yeah. Listen, I’m heading”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“Something about Dennis Mira with his dreamy eyes and mussy hair went straight to Eve’s soft spot.”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death

“want”
― J.D. Robb, Memory in Death