Apprentice in Death Quotes

“Love changes everything. I proposed to my wife after we limped away from a physical altercation with another serial killer. Good times.” “Feels”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“The man could stop her heart, then send it into full gallop. Just a look at him. They’d been married more than two years, she thought. Shouldn’t that ease off? Where was that in the Marriage Rules? But a man who looked like Roarke broke every rule. That absurdly beautiful face set off with the wild blue eyes of some Irish god, and the perfect poet’s mouth. The black hair, silkier than Summerset’s tone, tied back in work mode. The tall, lean length of him all in black—no tie or suit coat, the sleeves of his shirt rolled to the elbow. So he’d been home, and working, for some time. Yeah, the look of him broke the rules, stopped the heart. But it was that instant, just that instant when those amazing blue eyes met hers that sent it into the gallop. In them lived love. Just that simple, just that extraordinary.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Nature, nurture, both matter, both form us. But at some point, at so many points, the choices we make, the paths we take, they define us.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“No. Nature, nurture, both matter, both form us. But at some point, at so many points, the choices we make, the paths we take, they define us. You made yours. She’s made hers.” “Yeah.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Whatever she’d been, whatever she’d become, she was more because he loved her. So”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Roarke wondered if she thought of how many more would be hers—victims and killers. And knew, as he knew her, she did.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Why do they stare? They’re always staring. Like dolls,” she said as they walked into the building. “Or sharks.” “I”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“parents, bystanders. Didn’t matter as long as she hit the number. “That’s what you spawned, Mackie. I figure maybe she was born wrong. Maybe she had that twist in her right from the jump. But you nurtured it. You stoked it, educated it, brought it along. She had choices, sure, but you made the choices she made easy for her. You made them righteous.” She felt nothing for him when he began to weep. Nothing. “I want you to think about that for the rest of your life.” When she walked away, his sobs echoed as Willow’s curses had.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“honored”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“It’s her high school—I’m sure of it, as I found this document as well.” Roarke called up a blueprint of Hillary Clinton High School. “Certain classrooms, certain areas were highlighted, egresses marked.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“You didn't make lieutenant without wading through, and learning to cut through, the usual crap.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Whitney’s giving a push on Russo. We’ll”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“color as”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“those rent with option deals. You can do that”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“jumped close, close enough to see blade marks scoring the surface. All those people, the brightly colored hats, gloves, and scarves. A couple, holding hands, laughing as they stumbled over the ice together. A girl with golden-blond hair, wearing a red skin suit and vest, was spinning, spinning, spinning until she blurred. Another couple with a little boy between them, their hands joined with his as he grinned in wonder.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“targets destroyed, the training, the discipline, the hours of study, all led to this moment. This cold, bright afternoon in January 2061 marked the true beginning. A clear mind and cool blood. The apprentice knew these elements were as vital as skill, as wind direction, humiture, and speed. Under the cool blood lived an eagerness ruthlessly suppressed. The mentor had arranged all. Efficiently, and with an attention to detail that was also vital. The room in the clean, middle-class hotel”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Looks like, and sounds like, a hell of a party.”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Roarke called up a blueprint of Hillary Clinton High School. “Certain”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“Red’s just dark pink when you think about it.” When”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death

“And since even the thought of winter precipitation caused the majority of drivers to lose any shred of competency they might own, she spent most of her trip avoiding, leapfrogging over, and cursing every cab and commuter. The”
― J.D. Robb, Apprentice in Death