Nora Roberts Quotes

I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever.

To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.

I'll date one day if I find someone that I want to let into my life enough.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

I have to really enjoy someone's personality, not just their looks, before I'll kiss them.

I don't really comment on my personal life because I feel like any comment at all is opening up a whole can of worms. I'd just rather not talk about who I'm dating.

I'm much more careful now about who I let into my life, but I don't think you could ever change what you're attracted to. You can make choices if you want to be with those people.

Let's face it: a date is a job-interview, that lasts all night. The only difference between a date and a job interview is: not many job-interviews is there a chance you'll end up naked at the end of it.

My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I'm attracted to her in every way possible, but that's not the answer. Because I've been attracted to other people, and I couldn't stand 'em after a while.

The act of discretion around intimate relationships is how one honors these relationships. You explicitly don’t put on a PDA parade because they’re too important—too deep, too private.

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

I would never put my close friends or a real relationship on a show.

Here's what I've learned about deal-breakers. If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said would break the deal.

You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex.

Compatibility is weird. Love is confusing. Love is one wild beast.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

With things in my personal life, if I talk about it, it doesn't stay personal.

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.

I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of things in your life that really benefit from being private. And relationships are one of them.

I find sharing intimate details with people that you don't know an interesting concept. I like to keep some things to myself.

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage something that may be rather nice.

I'm very protective of how much I let people see.

Relationships or not, I believe that people don't need to know about my life beyond a certain point.

I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.

Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.