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Immortal in Death (In Death, #3) QUOTES

Immortal in Death (In Death, #3) QUOTES

1 " She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant
mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion... "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

2 " you know, I'm only marrying you for sex and food. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

3 " Neither of them knew what it was to be family, to have family, to make a family. They knew cruelty, abuse, abandonment. She wondered if that was why they had come together. They both understood what it was to have nothing, to know fear and hunger and despair- and both had remade themselves. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

4 " When a man is clever enough and knows his quarry well enough to choose such a time and place to propose marriage, well, a woman was a goner. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

5 " Love swamped her. It always seemed to come in huge, unexpected waves that left her flailing helplessly. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

6 " If we do, I want to be the bad cop.” “You’re a lousy bad cop, Feeney. Face it.” He gave her a mournful look. “I outrank you, Dallas.” “I’m primary, and I’m better at bad cop. Live with it.” “I always have to be the good cop,” he muttered as they stepped into a well-lighted hallway with more marble, more gilt. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

7 " Ah . . . listen. It’s better for your case, and your fancy lawyers would back me up, if you and I aren’t seen running around together. Primary investigator and defendant. It doesn’t look good.” “You mean I can’t—” Mavis shut her mouth, regrouped. “All right then, we won’t go running around together. Leonardo can work here. Roarke won’t mind, will you?” “On the contrary.” He took a satisfied drag on his cigarette. “I think it’s a perfect solution.” “One big happy family,” Eve mumbled. “The primary, the defendant, and the tenant of the murder scene, who also happens to be the victim’s former lover and the defendant’s current. Are you all insane? "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

8 " A man can be pulled in by beauty and not see beneath it. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

9 " I can’t let her stand trial.” Her head lolled; she snapped it back. “I have to find . . . I need to go . . .” She couldn’t even lift her weighted arm to her head. “Damn it, Roarke, damn it, that was a tranq.” “Go to sleep,” he murmured and gently unhooked her weapon harness and set it aside. “Lie back.” “Inducing chemicals on unknowing people is a violation of . . .” She slipped deeper, barely felt him unbutton her shirt. “Arrest me in the morning,” he suggested. He undressed her, then himself, before slipping into bed beside her. “Just sleep now.” She slept, but even there, dreams chased her. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

10 " You’re thinking I’m not aware of the worst that could happen. I am, but I just don’t believe the worst is going to happen. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

11 " power doesn't just corrupt in the wrong hands, it mutilates. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

12 " In a few weeks she wouldn’t just be Eve Dallas, lieutenant, homicide. She’d be Roarke’s wife. How she would manage to be both was more of a mystery to her than any case that had ever come across her desk. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

13 " I know. I’ve got to cover all the bases. I’m going to track down the people Mavis recognized at the victim’s house, get statements. I’ve got to find a table dancer with a big dick and a tattoo.” “The fun never ends.” She nearly smiled. “I need to find people who "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

14 " call woke "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

15 " course, but it was more for form than from "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

16 " it made her look younger, more fit. It increased her energy and her sexual drive. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

17 " The dirty red light was flashing. Over and over through the window. SEX! LIVE! SEX! LIVE! She was only eight, but her mind was quick. She wondered if people would pay to see dead sex. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

18 " The place smelled like an incense farm married to a flower shop. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

19 " Nothing legal makes you feel that good, honey. Or that mean. And she was feeling good and mean. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)

20 " I thought it was 'innocent until proven guilty'' "That's just one of the bigger lies we live by. "

― J.D. Robb , Immortal in Death (In Death, #3)