Quotes of Iris Johansen

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“If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance.” ― Iris Johansen, Countdown
“ She gave him a cool glance over her shoulder. "May your balls wither away and you develope an allergy to Viagra and all its counterparts." He looked at her, stunned. And then he suddenly exploded into laughter."God, you're a formidable woman" "No, I'm not. I'm soft, remember?" She slammed the door behind her.” ― Iris Johansen, Killer Dreams
“They say anticipation makes pleasure more intense.” ― Iris Johansen, Quicksand
“My your balls wither away and you develop and allergy to Viagra and all it's counter-parts(Sophie to Royd)” ― Iris Johansen
“come and get it, you dumbass” ― Iris Johansen, Killer Dreams
“They said no one knew a man as well as a woman who slept with him.” ― Iris Johansen, Dead Aim
“I can't be easy. It's not my nature. But it's my nature to love you.” ― Iris Johansen, Eve
“I'm only Superman, I'm not God.” ― Iris Johansen, The Ugly Duckling
“We all die. I can't promise to live forever." His armstightened around her. "But I can promise to love you as long as Ilive.” ― Iris Johansen, The Ugly Duckling
“It's hard to know what's right when everyone thinks you're wrong.” ― Iris Johansen, Chasing The Night
“He had never dreamed anyone would ever care enough to venture into the darkness to pull him into the light. He felt bewildered and awkward and filled with a strange sense of wonder. And a stranger sense of grace.” ― Iris Johansen, Lion's Bride
“You don’t give up on people because they’re not what you want them to be. Not if you love them.” ― Iris Johansen, Sleep No More
“What would I do with billions? I don't need it. Would it make me a better artist?” ― Iris Johansen, Eight Days To Live
“Where you are,there I'll be.Make up your mind to it.You may not love me now bt you will.I'll see to it” ― Iris Johansen, Dead Aim
“it’s easy to blame everyone else when it hurts to blame yourself. But in the end you have to face it.” ― Iris Johansen, The Face Of Deception
“We're trained to believe we should cling to one person only. Yet there are so many people who pass in and out of our lives. Good people, worth people, interesting people. Most of them stay for a little while and then move on. Some of them find a place with us and, if we let them, they enrich us. Don't close yourself off from the rest of the world, Eve. If you find someone who can make you understand a little more, laugh every now and then, give you a new experience, then never feel guilty. You'll just have more to give back to those who are closest to you.” ― Iris Johansen, Quicksand
“You look like the first breath of spring,” ― Iris Johansen, Return to Santa Flores
“In the end, we all have to decide what we're willing to give up for payback. We all have parents or grandparents or children who will need us. Agonizing decisions sometimes. You have to weigh the memories and debt against what's being taken from you.” ― Iris Johansen, Blood Game
“To guard themselves is the way of people whose instinct is to nurture and protect.” ― Iris Johansen, Lion's Bride
Iris Johansen
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Iris Johansen

Iris Johansen is a New York Times bestselling author. She began her writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels,…

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