Lisa Kleypas

Writer

1964-01-01

Quotes by Lisa Kleypas

Something happened to you, they discovered, when you were given the unconditional love and trust of a child.You wanted to try to deserve it.
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When the tea tray arrived, Annie the doll was propped up on the settee between Poppy and Merritt. The little girl pressed the edge of her teacup against the doll's painted mouth. "Annie wants more sugar, Mama," Merritt said. Lillian grinned, knowing who was going to drink the highly sweetened tea. —Tell Annie we never have more than two lumps in a cup, darling. It will make her il
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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
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I was just thinking if the sex with you is one-tenth as fun as arguing with you. I'll be one happy bastard.You'll never find out. You-------- He kissed me. ~ Jack Travis & Ella Varner
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I respect you, he murmured. and your views. I think of you as an equal. I respect your brains, and all those big words you like to use. But I also want to rip your clothes off and have sex with you until you scream and cry and see God. -Jack Travis (Smooth Talking Stranger)
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The letter had been crumpled up and tossed onto the grate. It had burned all around the edges, so the names at the top and bottom had gone up in smoke. But there was enough of the bold black scrawl to reveal that it had indeed been a love letter. And as Hannah read the singed and half-destroyed parchment, she was forced to turn away to hide the trembling of her
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I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word... the entire complex, fascinating bundle of all the things you are. I want you with ten different kinds of need at once. I love all the seasons of you, the way you are now, the thought of how much more beautiful you'll be in the decades to come. I love you for being the answer to every question my heart could ask.And it seemed so easy, once he capitulated. It seemed natural and right.Kev wasn't certain if he was surrendering to Win or to his own passion for her. Only that there was no more holding back. He would take her. And he would give her everything he had, every part of his soul, even the broken pieces.
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Ah. That is the price of love, I'm afraid— the pain one suffers from its loss. I'm not convinced it's worth it. Perhaps if one must love, one should do so in moderation.Moderation in love, she mused aloud. It's not something that would inspire a poet, is it?A poet's view of the world would make for an uncomfortable life, wouldn't it? Everyone at the mercy of his or her passions, all of us tearing our hair out for the sake of love...
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Derek's breath touched Sara's throat in unsteady urges. Sometimes, he whispered, I'm so close to you ... and I'm still not close enough. I want to share your breath ... every beat of your heart.He cradled her head in both his hands, his mouth hot on her neck. Sometimes, he murmured, I want to punish you a little.Why?For making me want you until I ache with it. For the way I wake at night just to watch you sleeping. His face was intense and passionate above her, his green eyes sharp in their brightness. I want you more each time I'm with you. It's a fever that never leaves me. I can't be alone without wondering where you are, when I can have you again. His lips possessed hers in a kiss that was both savage and tender, and she opened to him eagerly.
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Honesty is overrated. As someone once said, 'Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the heart.'It was the Duc de Richelieu, said Lillian, who had read the same book of philosophy during their schoolroom lessons. And the accurate quote is, 'Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.'He was French, though, Daisy argued. I'm sure he meant the heart as well.Lillian laughed and glanced at her sister affectionately. Perhaps he did. But I don't want to keep secrets from Lord Westcliff.Oh, very well. But heed my words- it wouldn't be a true love affair if you didn't have a few little secrets.
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My family has always believed that when we are faced with large and apparently impossible problems, the best solutions are found by the insane people, not the sensible ones.
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He's part of my family.You don't have a family, Ella.Although I had made similar comments in the past, it rankled to hear him say it. We're individuals bound by a pattern of reciprocal obligation, I said. If a group of chimps in the Amazon can be called a family, I think the Varners qualify.
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It's a house. No more and no less. There isn't a structure on earth that could last forever. But a family goes on.-Leo
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He wasn't mine anywhere except in my heart.
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I had hooked up my iPod to the speakers. The air was filled with the raw, sexy purr of Etta James. The thing that's great about the blues, I told Luke, pausing to sip from my glass of wine, is that it's about feeling, loving, wanting without the brakes on. No one's brave enough to live that way. Except maybe musicians.
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Any man,— she muttered, —who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away in an institution.— "Marriage is an institution," he said reasonably, retrieving her gown from the floor.
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Of all the Hathaway sisters,— Cam said equably, "Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment."Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. "Thank you, Cam.""What are you thinking?" Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. "You can't trust Beatrix's judgment.""Why not?""She's too young," Leo said."I'm twenty-three," Beatrix protested. —In dog years I'd be dead.
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The chef turned back to the housekeeper. "Why is there doubt about the relations between Monsieur and Madame Rutledge?"The sheets,— she said succinctly.Jake nearly choked on his pastry. "You have the housemaids spying on them?" he asked around a mouthful of custard and cream.Not at all,— the housekeeper said defensively. "It's only that we have vigilant maids who tell me everything. And even if they didn't, one hardly needs great powers of observation to see that they do not behave like a married couple."The chef looked deeply concerned. "You think there's a problem with his carrot?"Watercress, carrot— is everything food to you?— Jake demanded.The chef shrugged. "Oui."Well,— Jake said testily, —there is a string of Rutledge's past mistresses who would undoubtedly testify there is nothing wrong with his carrot.—Alors, he is a virile man . . . she is a beautiful woman . . . why are they not making salad together?
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I'm not the marrying kind -St. Vincent snorted. No man is. Marriage is a female invention.
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Be that as it may, I think someday you'll meet a man worth giving up your independence for.
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