Nora Roberts Quotes

Failure to die is always appreciated.

Oh God, Oh God we’re all gonna die doesn’t really fit the definition of banter, now does it?

I swear to you on any kind of sacred whateverthefuck you favor: if I live through this I will absolutely start taking your advice." "That'll look nice on your headstone.

If God had meant us to walk around naked, he would never have invented the wicker chair.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.

You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile

Naked we came upon earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our possessions, we can carry nothing with us.

I worry about my nan. If she's alone and falls, does she make a noise? I'm joking, she's dead.

I was told that The Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.

How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?

I would not choose to go where I would be afraid to die, nor could I bear to live without a good hope for hereafter.

He had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as the greatest of hurts. It was the very essence of the unknown; it was the sum of the terrors of the unknown, the one culminating and unthinkable catastrophe that could happen to him, about which he knew nothing and about which he feared everything.

How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?" he asked. He waited a few minutes, but the three of us didn't say anything. He continued: "Every time people come at us with the intention of killing us, I close my eyes and wait for death. Even though I am still alive, I feel like each time I accept death, part of me dies. Very soon I will completely die and all that will be left is my empty body walking with you. It will be quieter than I am.

Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.

You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down.

I’m in, Cat. I’d never leave you. Especially when you’ve got death breathing down your neck.” “Very funny,” I retorted, since Bones was inches from my throat

I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t think about it. I don’t even know how I’m going to live.

Anyone ever lost in the wild knows that nature wants you dead.

When asked in his late 90s if his doctor knew he still smoked, Burns said, 'No ... he's dead.'

People ask me a lot like, "Hey, so when are you done with your tour?" Like when I die. That's when I'm done with my tour.

Your greatest fear is death and your deepest craving is survival. You want Forever, you desire Eternity. In your deluded belief that you are this 'mind' or 'spirit' or 'soul', you find the escape clause in your contract with mortality. Perhaps as 'mind' you can wing free of the body when it dies, hmm?

My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'.

A man says to the doctor: "What's the good news?" "You've got 24 hours to live." He says: "What's the bad news?" The doctor says: "We should have told you yesterday."

Underwear. It's like a god damned leash. It also constantly reminds me of how funny I look naked.

I believe that everyone is a fashion insider, because it's illegal to be naked.