Carnal Innocence Quotes

“Caroline Waverly: Sometimes we hurt more for what might have been than for what is.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“Happy Fuller: Somehow you always love in a special way the one who gives you the most grief.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“When people weren't allowed to go their own way, they were more likely to break than bend.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“What happens before matters because it shapes things. But who you were a year ago isn't as important as who you are now.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“How can I get to be you when I grow up?"

"Why, child, you just learn how to use your mean. We all got it, but not everybody knows how to use it constructive like.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“It won't last long. Storms never do. They just come along to shake us up and make us appreciate the quiet times.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“Fame all depends on the ground you're standing on...”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“Inside, the floor was made of linoleum tiles, yellowed with age and dusted with brown flecks that looked like fly spots. The booths were rugged red vinyl, an improvement over the ripped and tattered brown that Tucker had replaced just six months before. The red was already fading to orange.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence

“Tucker, you tell that girl when I offer to have a brandy with a Yankee, that Yankee better drink.”
― Nora Roberts, Carnal Innocence