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New York to Dallas (In Death, #33) QUOTES

New York to Dallas (In Death, #33) QUOTES

1 " You have to trust or you're only living half a life. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

2 " The security officer smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, ma’am,’ to me before I
gave him ID.”
“It’s a sick world, Eve.” He resisted taking her hand for another squeeze. “A sick,
sad world. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

3 " I'd rather be screwed up with you than smooth with anybody else. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

4 " It's an exceptional thing to have someone in your life who knows and understands you so well. Who loves who you are. A very exceptional thing. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

5 " But Roarke doesn't feel weird about it. He's full of it, the love, I mean. And when he loves me, things that never worked in me did - do. It was easier when they didn't work, but it's better when they do. You know? "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

6 " He wanted to heave the glasses against the wall. Break them, break everything he could reach. Beat it, rend it. He stared out the window, imagined the city in flames, consumed to ashes. And still it wasn't enough. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

7 " You have to trust, or you’re only living half a life. You have to try to help or even that half is empty. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

8 " Lieutenant Dallas has just given you a brief demonstration of why she’s one of the most valuable assets of the NYPSD. She observes, deduces, and reports with accuracy. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

9 " You look like a really well-dressed pirate carting around an ugly treasure chest. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

10 " Chip Robbins, how many times have I told you not to yell out for me unless you're being stabbed with a pitchfork? "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

11 " Every case is different, and how we deal with every case is different. But what’s the same is we work it, we do the job, and we take the risks the job demands. That’s it. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

12 " Eve.” He waited a beat. “I once stood in a field in Ireland, alone, a little lost, and wishing for you more than I wished for my next breath. And you came, though I never asked you, you came because you knew I needed you. We don’t always do what’s right, what’s good. Not even for each other. But when it counts, down to the core of it, I believe we do exactly that. What’s right and good for each other. “There’s no rule to that, Eve. It’s just love.” Just love, she thought when he stepped out. She may have been going into her own personal hell to face a killer, but right at that moment she considered herself the luckiest woman in the world. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

13 " We’ll take the laundry in for anal. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

14 " the female suspect, you said someone she’d counseled. You have her records? "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

15 " Meanwhile— "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

16 " The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past. THOMAS CARLYLE "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

17 " Pull yourself together, Detective. You're embarrassing yourself, and more imprtant, you're embarrassing me."

"They're going to do it outside. In public."

"So the fuck what?"

"Public," Peabody said, head still between her knees.

"You're being honored by this department and this city for having the integrity, the courage, and the skill to take out a blight on this department and this city. Dirty, murdering, greedy, treacherous cops are sitting in cages right now because you had that integrity, courage, and skill. I don't care if they do this damn thing in Grand Central, you will get on your feet. You will not puke, pass out, cry like a baby, or squeal like a girl. That's a goddamn order."

"I had more of a 'Relax, Peabody, this is a proud moment' sort of speech in mind," McNab murmured to Roarke.

Roarke shook his head, grinned. "Did you now? You've a bit to learn yet, haven't you? "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

18 " When she brought Mira up, Eve gave Roarke another glance. "Don't talk to him," she warned. "He can get bitchy when he's in this deep. I don't know if we have any of that tea stuff."
"I had it stocked, and I don't get bitchy. Bloody, buggering HELL."
Eve just rolled her eyes and got the tea. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

19 " I wasn't going to have dessert, but it was right there, all gooey and sweet. It's like sex. I mean, when it's right there, what are you supposed to do? I wasn't going to have that either--sex--with my parents bunking in the office, but, well, it was right there."

"I'll tolerate the gooey and sweet, Peabody, but I'm not thinking about you having sex with McNab, especially in the same sentence as 'my parents.'"

"I think they had sex, too."

Eve struggled not to wince or twitch. "Do you want me to kick you down four flights of steps and make you walk up again?"

"I'd probably bounce all the way down, too, with all this gooey and sweet in my butt. So I guess not."

"Good choice. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)

20 " Okay. Look, why don't you take care of the half a million things you've been letting dangle in Roarke's Empire of Everything?"
"Catchy title. I may use it one day. "

― J.D. Robb , New York to Dallas (In Death, #33)