The Search Quotes

“Everything I know, I learned from dogs.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“She heard music. Angels singing? she thought, dizzy. It seemed odd for angels to sing after table sex. She managed to swallow on a throat wildly dry. "Music," she murmured.

"My phone. In my pants. Don't care."

"Oh. Not angels."

"No. Def Leppard.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“If people let other people alone, people would be better off. It's always people that screw things up for people anyway.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“He decided there was no point in telling her he'd looked in the fridge and seen none of these things. There'd just be some variation of his mother's standard crack about Male Refrigeration Blindness Syndrome.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Knowing isn't always believing.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“We’re stuck now because you wheedled
me into falling in love with you. So we get through whatever there is to get through.” He kissed her. “With
or without porn.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“- What is it about you?” he repeated. “How does touching you calm me down and excite me at the same time? What is it you want from me? You never ask. Sometimes I wonder, is this a trick?” His eyes on hers, he backed her slowly toward the bed. “Just a way to pull me in? But it’s not. You’re not built that way.”
- “Why would I want anything I had to trick out of you?”
- “You don’t.” He lifted her, held, then laid her on the bed. “So you pull me in. And I end up being the one who’s lost.”
She framed his face with her hands. “I’ll find you.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“ 'Motivation matters,' he said again, 'because why you do something connects to how you do it, who you do it to, or for. And maybe what you see at the end of it-if you're looking that far.' ”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Properly trained, a man can be a dog’s best friend.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Some women, he thought, had the power to turn a man in the opposite direction from what he wanted. It seemed his fate to run up against them. And, damn it, to care.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Because he’s not some perfect fantasy. He’s flawed and you understand that. It means you’ve fallen for who he is, not who you want him to be.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“The other two of her three kids stood on the covered front porch, tails wagging, feet dancing. One of the best things about dogs, to Fiona’s mind, was their absolute joy in welcoming you home, whether you’d been gone for five minutes or five days. There lay unconditional and boundless love.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Simon's initial annoyance with having so many people and animals swarming around gave way to the realization that sometimes people didn't get in the way, but helped make a necessary and tedious job go smoother.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“ 'Scent's the thing, right? How you find someone. I've got yours inside me. I could find you whether I wanted to or not. Whether you wanted me to or not.'

'I'm not lost.'

'I still found you.' ”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“We are eating like adults. Kids have to eat when and what they're told. We get to eat when and what we want. Because we're adults.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“ 'You don't have any neuroses, which is annoying. You have quirks, which make up for it a little. But you're mostly irritatingly stable and normal.' ”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“She thought it lovely, and at the same time felt relief that, at the moment, her heart kept silent. A speaking heart could break-she knew that very well. As long as hers remained content, she'd stay relaxed and happy.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Was he supposed to let Fiona cry on his shoulder now? He hated being the shoulder. He never knew what to say or do.
Pat, pat, there, there. What the f--k?”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Because he’s not some perfect fantasy. He’s flawed and you understand that. It means you’ve fallen for who he is, not who you want him to be.” “I like who he is. And on the other side of it, he makes me laugh, and he’s kind. The fact that he’s reluctant about it only gives the kindness more impact. He can’t be bothered to say what he doesn’t mean, and that makes him honest.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“Shut up. You Matter. That's it.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“It takes about ten seconds for a puppy to get bored. Bored puppies chew. Happy puppies chew. Sad puppies chew.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“You’re asking for it, Julie Lynne.” “When”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“One of the best things about dogs, to Fiona’s mind, was their absolute joy in welcoming you home, whether you’d been gone for five minutes or five days. There lay unconditional and boundless love.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“—¡La madre que lo parió! —masculló, pero como estaba decidido a pillarlo por sorpresa, optó por imitar su tono alegre—. Ven, Tiburón, ven, cabroncete. Aquí, chico, ven, engendro del demonio...”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“If you were cheap we'd be having sex now, soup later.

'That's supposed to be funny. It is, but only a little.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“monsoon.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“incorrigible.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“They ought to have dog bordellos for times like this. A guy could at least have a bang before he becomes a eunuch.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“You can’t show fear—you can’t even feel it, because if you do it will show. You can’t let them get the upper hand, even for a minute. You don’t want to lose your temper, but always maintain the position of power. Alpha position.”
― Nora Roberts, The Search

“she”
― Nora Roberts, The Search