Vision in White Quotes

“Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“I’ve never been the one. Not for anybody.”
He closed the distance between them.
“You’ll get used to it.” He tipped her face up to his, kissed her.
“Why? Why am I the one?”
“Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“People and relationships never stop being a work in progress”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Ah, hi. It’s Carter. I wonder if you might want to go out to dinner, or maybe the movies. Maybe you like plays better than movies. I should’ve looked up what might be available before I called. I didn’t think of it. Or we could just have coffee again if you want to do that. Or… I’m not articulate on these things. I can’t use a tape recorder either. And why would you care? If you’re at all interested in any of the above, please feel free to call me. Thanks. Um. Good-bye.”

“Damn you, Carter Maguire, for your insanely cute quotient. You should be annoying. Why aren’t I annoyed? Oh God, I’m going to call you back. I know I’m going to call you back. I’m in such trouble.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Are you always so forthright over coffee dates?”
“I don’t know. You’re the only one I ever had a crush on.” Oh, boy. “And that was stupid.” Flustered again, he raked his fingers through his hair. “Now I’ve scared you. That sounds scary and obsessive. Like I have an alter somewhere with your pictures over it, where I light candles and chant your name. Jesus! That’s even scarier. Run now. I won’t hold it against you.”
She burst out laughing. Had to set her coffee back down before she slouched it over the rim.
“I’ll stay if you swear you don’t have the alter.”
“I don’t.” He swiped his finger in an X over his heart.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Love's scary, and sometimes it's transient. But it's worth the risks and the nerves. It's even worth the pain.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Did they know - the young and fearless - what a miraculous thing it was to have all of anyone?”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Men shake hands after they beat each other up; we eat chocolate.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Somethings in life are out of your control. you can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you're afraid some day you might lose it.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn’t sending you the ‘let’s go back to my place’ signals. In that case—”

“Don’t go there, Bob. Let’s just not go there.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“You need a place just a click over middle range. Don’t want to go all-out first time, but you don’t want to run on the cheap either. You want atmosphere, but not stuffy. A nice established place.”

“Bob, you’re going to give me an ulcer.”

“This is all ammunition, Cart. All ammo. You want to be able to order a nice bottle of wine. Oh, and after dinner, if she says how she doesn’t want dessert, you suggest she pick one and you’ll split it. Women love that. Sharing dessert’s sexy. Do not go on and on about your job over dinner. Certain death. Get her to talk about hers, and what she likes to do. Then—”

“Should I be writing this down?”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“You can't argue with math, Carter. You'll always lose.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Moments came and went, she thought. It was love that bound them together into a life.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Love’s not some amorphous concept created for books and poetry and not attainable. It’s real and vital, and it’s necessary. Damn it.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“What matters is you're the blue butterfly."
"I'm… what?"
"Come on, Professor, Dr. Maguire. You know all about metaphors and analogies and symbolism. You flew into my life, just landed in it unexpectedly. Maybe miraculously. And the picture formed. It just took me a while to see it.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“If you lived with her, you must have been in love with her.'
'No. I wanted to be in love with her. It's not the same thing at all.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Seduce my mind and you can have my body, Find my soul and I’m yours forever.   —ANONYMOUS”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Love faded, or flipped over into loathing. Or settled somewhere in between into a kind of grinding detachment. It could snap like a dry twig, with one careless step.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Popular fiction's a strong and viable force in literature. That's why it's popular.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Quiero lo que somos cuando estamos juntos. Amo lo que creo que podríamos llegar a ser.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Wait. Wait. Mackensie? The redhead you had a crush on in high school?” Defeated, Carter rubbed the spot between his eyebrows again. “I should never have told you about that. This is why I rarely drink.” “But, Cart, this is like kismet.” Excitement rushed through the words. “It’s like return of the nerd. It’s the big chance to follow up on a lost opportunity.” “It’s coffee,” Carter muttered.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“It is not merely the likeness which is precious . . . but the association and sense of nearness involved in the thing . . . the fact of the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever!   —ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Why? Why am I the one?"
"Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“A lot of people don’t have fond memories of high school. It’s often a war of politics and personalities, set off by the cannon fire of hormones.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“With his mind full of the engaging Rosalind, he stared at Mac. “Hi, sorry to interrupt.” He lurched to his feet, scattered his papers so some sailed to the floor. “Ah, it’s all right. No problem. I was just . . .” He bent to retrieve papers as she did the same, and knocked his head against hers. “Sorry, sorry.” He stayed down, met her eyes. “Crap.” She smiled, and the dimples came out to play. “Hello, Carter.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Pentru asta existau fotografii. Totul se schimbă, aşa că trebuie să imortalizezi ceea ce a fost. Înainte ca zua de mâine să ia totul.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“It doesn’t matter. That’s the point. It doesn’t matter that my mother is my mother, or that things don’t always work exactly the way you thought they should. Moments matter. I know that better than anyone, but I never let it apply to me. Not to me. People matter, how they feel, how they connect, who they are alone and together. All that matters, no matter how quickly the moment passes. Maybe because it passes. What matters is you’re the blue butterfly.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Where he listened some more until I’d pretty well run it down. Then he walked me back and—” “You invite him back in and have sex,” Emma prompted. “Get your own sexy breakfast story. I felt mildly embarrassed, and really grateful, so I give him a little peck. A ‘thanks, pal’ kind of peck. The next thing I know I’m in the middle of a brain-frying, blood-pumping, jungle-drum-beating kiss.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White

“Mac has a sexy breakfast story.” “Really?” Eyebrows lifted, Parker set the syrup and butter on the table of the breakfast nook. “Tell all.” “It began, and sexy tales often do, when I spilled Diet Coke on my shirt.”
― Nora Roberts, Vision in White