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Lisa Kleypas Quotes | Quotes said by Lisa Kleypas

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #1

    ... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #2

    ... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. “I don't want to leave you,” he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands.

    Emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. “I'll never see you again, will I?”

    He shook his head. “Not in this lifetime,” he said hoarsely.

    She pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. “Then I'll wait a hundred years,” she whispered. “Or a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I'll be waiting for you to come to me.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #3

    ... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #4

    ...one can't avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #5

    ...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #6

    A book had always been a door to another world... a world much more interesting and fantastical than reality. But she had finally discovered that life could be even more wonderful than fantasy.

    And that love could fill the real world with magic.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #7

    A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #8

    A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #9

    A sixty - eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won't return the favor. It would be sixty-nine but he owes you one.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #10

    A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sustained his universe.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #11

    A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #12

    A woman could do that to you - reach that place in your soul where the best and worst of you was kept. And once she was there, she owned that place and never left.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #13

    After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. “Did anyone else notice—”
    “Yes,” Catherine said. “What do you make of it?”
    “I haven’t decided yet.” Leo frowned and took a sip of port. “He’s not someone I would pair Bea with.”
    “Whom would you pair her with?”
    “Hanged if I know,” Leo said. “Someone with similar interests. The local veterinarian, perhaps?”
    “He’s eighty-three years old and deaf,” Catherine said.
    “They would never argue,” Leo pointed out.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #14

    Ah, Evie,” she heard him say softly, “I must have a heart, after all…because right now it aches like the devil.”
    “Only your heart?” she asked ingenuously, making him laugh.
    He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. “Also a few other things,” he conceded. “And as my wife, it’s your duty to ease all my aches.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #15

    All right, then,” she snapped, “do as you please! Perhaps afterward we could manage a coherent discussion.” Twisting beneath him, she flopped onto her stomach.

    Christopher went still. After a long hesitation, she heard him ask in a far more normal voice, “What are you doing?”

    “I’m making it easier for you,” came her defiant reply. “Go on, start ravishing.”

    Another silence. Then, “Why are you facing downward?”

    “Because that’s how it’s done.” Beatrix twisted to look at him over her shoulder. A twinge of uncertainty caused her to ask, “Isn’t it?”

    His face was blank. “Has no one ever told you?”

    “No, but I’ve read about it.”

    Christopher rolled off her, relieving her of his weight. He wore an odd expression as he asked, “From what books?”

    “Veterinary manuals. And of course, I’ve observed the squirrels in springtime, and farm animals and-”

    She was interrupted as Christopher cleared his throat loudly, and again. Darting a confused glance at him, she realized that he was trying to choke back amusement.

    Beatrix began to feel indignant. Her first time in a bed with a man, and he was laughing.

    “Look here,” she said in a businesslike manner, “I’ve read about the mating habits of over two dozen species, and with the exception of snails, whose genitalia is on their necks, they all—” She broke off and frowned. “Why are you laughing at me?

    Christopher had collapsed, overcome with hilarity. As he lifted his head and saw her affronted expression, he struggled manfully with another outburst. “Beatrix. I’m . . . I’m not laughing at you.”

    “You are!”

    “No I’m not. It’s just . . .” He swiped a tear from the corner of his eye, and a few more chuckles escaped. “Squirrels . . .”

    “Well, it may be humorous to you, but it’s a very serious matter to the squirrels.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #16

    All the fires of hell could burn for a thousand years and it wouldn't equal what I feel for you in one minute of the day. I love you so much there is no pleasure in it. Nothing but torment. Because if I could dilute what I feel for you to the mil­lionth part, it would still be enough to kill you. And even if it drives me mad, I would rather see you live in the arms of that cold, soulless bastard than die in mine, Merripen said to Win.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #17

    Alone-sex didn't count. It's like the difference between thinking to yourself or having a good conversation with someone----the pleasure is in the exchange.

    -Liberty Jones

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #18

    Although most advice should be distrusted, particularly when it comes from myself . . . keep an open mind, Miss Hathaway. One should never look a rich husband in the mouth. - St. Vincent

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #19

    And I wonder how Gage knew this is what my soul has craved. He turns me to face him, his eyes searching. It occurs to me that no one in my life has ever concerned himself so thoroughly with my happiness.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #20

    And then another letter had come from Christopher, so devastating that Amelia wondered how mere scratches of ink on paper could rip someone's soul to shreds. She had wondered how she could feel so much pain and still survive.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #21

    And then to Leo’s surprise, Catherine smiled at him. A sweet, natural, brilliant smile, the first she had ever given him. Leo felt his chest tighten, and he went hot all over, as if some euphoric drug had gone straight to his nervous system.

    It felt like … happiness.

    He remembered happiness from a long time ago. He didn’t want to feel it. And yet the giddy warmth kept washing over him for no reason whatsoever.

    “Thank you,” Catherine said, the smile still hovering on her lips. “That is kind of you, my lord. But I will never dance with you.”

    Which, of course, made it the goal of Leo’s life.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #22

    Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. “If you’re implying that I’m spoiled, I assure you that I am not.”
    “You should be.” His warm gaze slid over her pink-tinted face and slender upper body, then sought hers again. There was a note in his voice that gently robbed her of breath. “You could do with a bit of spoiling.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #23

    Annabelle, what happened to you?” Lillian asked the next morning. “You look dreadful. Why aren’t you wearing your riding habit? I thought you were going to try out the jumping course this morning. And why did you disappear
    so suddenly last night? It’s not like you to simply vanish without saying—”

    “I didn’t have a choice in the matter,” Annabelle said testily, folding her fingers around the delicate bowl of a porcelain teacup. Looking pale and exhausted, her blue eyes ringed with dark shadows, she swallowed a mouthful of heavily sweetened tea before continuing. “It was that blasted perfume of yours—as soon as he caught one whiff of it, he went berserk.”

    Shocked, Lillian tried to take in the information, her stomach plummeting. “It… it had an effect on Westcliff, then?” she managed to ask.

    “Good Lord, not Lord Westcliff.” Annabelle rubbed her weary eyes. “He couldn’t have cared less what I smelled like. It was my husband who went completely mad. After he caught the scent of that stuff, he dragged me up to our room and…well, suffice it to say, Mr. Hunt kept me awake all night. All night ,” she repeated in sullen emphasis, and drank deeply of the tea.

    “Doing what?” Daisy asked blankly.

    Lillian, who was feeling a rush of relief that Lord Westcliff had not been attracted to Annabelle while she
    was wearing the perfume, gave her younger sister a derisive glance. “What do you think they were doing? Playing a few hands of Find-the-Lady?

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #24

    Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no. -Liberty Jones

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #25

    At first I wasn’t all that tempted by him, but then he killed the spider. Which was a huge point in his favor.”

    “Absolutely. I love men who kill bugs.”

    “And then when I was freaking out and couldn’t breathe, he was so…gentle.” Zoe sighed and colored, remembering. “He was holding me, and talking to me in that voice…you know, sort of low and rough around the edges…”

    “All the Nolans sound like that,” Justine said reflectively. “Like they’ve got a mild case of bronchitis. Totally hot.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #26

    Bad divorce? Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip.

    “No, the divorce was great,” I said. “It was the marriage that sucked.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #27

    Beatrix wished she were a swooning sort of female. It seemed the only appropriate response to the situation.
    Unfortunately, no matter how she tried to summon a swoon, her mind remained intractably conscious.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #28

    Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?”
    “They’re ravished in haylofts?” she inquired hopefully.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #29

    But Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, you’d still say it wasn’t enough time.”

    “You’re right. I can’t think of a single day of my life that wouldn’t have been improved with you in it.”

    “Darling,” she whispered, her fingertips coming up to stroke his jaw, “that’s lovely. Even more romantic than comparing me to watch parts.”

    Harry nipped at her finger. “Are you mocking me?”

    “Not at all,” Poppy said, smiling. “I know how you feel about gears and mechanisms.

  • Lisa Kleypas Quote #30

    But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you.

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