Lisa Kleypas Quotes

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

Where's your instruction manual?" I asked him. "What's the baby customer-service number?

I'm not short," Daisy muttered. "Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they're always treated like children. I refuse to be short.

Yes, but you need to learn your maths." "I don't need to, really. I already know how to count to a hundred. And I'm sure I'll never need ore than a hundred of anything.

She shook her head as she confessed, "I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope." "Never be afraid to hope," Rohan said gently. "It's the only way to begin." -Rohan to Win

You sweet…beautiful…lunatic,” he heard himself mutter.

I didn't know that, you take your coffee seriously, dont you?' 'Every morning, I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.

We may run into Kevin,” Lucy said gloomily. “She’s hoping to run into Kevin,” Zoë assured her. Justine smiled grimly. “Preferably with my car.

If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness… I may. If you ask nicely.

Set the world afire. Just let me hand you the matches.

Darlin'...I know what you look like when you've been kissed.

You know what it is you smell on him, Haven? Testosterone. It's leaking out of his pores.

I figured I couldn't love you as much as I do, without you feeling something for me too.

There's nothing worse than breaking a promise to someone who cares about you.

You seem to think you have a choice," Cam said. "But you have it backwards. Love chooses you. The shadow moves as the sun commands.

I have come to realize you can never be truly happy unless you've known some sorrow.

I'll tell you what I'm fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It's all come down to the hope of being with you.

Does he behave in rude or improper ways?" "He's a Bowman. We don't know any better.

Friends are the support bras of life.

I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is a debatable concept.

One could pick apart love, examine every filament of attraction, and still it would never be fully explained. It simply was.

I think you'll have to marry me, Miss Fielding." "To save your reputation?" Derek grinned, bending to kiss the flash of pale throat revealed by the robe. "Someone has to make a respectable man of me.

Justine reached for a fresh tissue and clamped it to Lucy’s nose as if she was a child. “Friends are the support bras of life. We don’t let each other down. Right?

The audience falls in love with a leading man because he'll never belong to any of them.

...even though you said yes to the wrong man, I hope that won't cause you to say no to the right one.

Sam was waiting for her,his gaze sweeping over her. "Looks great." "I look like a geek," Lucy said. "I smell like a brewery. And I need a bra." "My dream date.

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.

I love you dammit.""she brushed her lips teasingly against his."How much?" He made a slight sound, as if the soft kiss had affected him intensely."Without limit.Beyond forever.

If you have to tell someone they call the shots, they're not really calling the shots.

I've needed someone like you for a long time. Now that I have you, no one is going to take you from me. Logan to Madeline

I don’t have any mottoes. If I did I would forever be contradicting them.

Hell was waking up alone, the sheets wet with your tears and your seed, knowing the woman you had dreamed of would never come back to you.

I’ve never had any objection to appearing depraved or villainous. But I draw the line at looking like a prize idiot.

Where do you wanna belong?" I half whispered. His expression changed with quicksilver speed, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Anywhere they don't want me." -Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones

The bargain…” she mumbled. “You said I could kiss you,” came his gentle, wicked whisper near her ear. “But, my love…you didn’t specify where.

Because I realized during the past few days that I can’t leave doubt in anyone’s mind about to whom you belong. Especially not yours.

I never lie for the sake of kindness,” he murmured, smiling. “One of my many flaws.

Some things are better when it’s raining. Like reading. Or sleeping. Or this.” “Lying in bed with me?

I love you enough for the both of us. And there must be something about me worth loving. If you would just try.

I have always hated flying. The idea of it is an affront to nature. People are meant to stay on the ground.

Baptists don’t spend their time thinking about reality.

Whereas I will be with a wicked, handsome Rom who will keep me warm all night.

I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.

Now the line was drawn. Lucy had never thought that one of the fiercest battles of her life would be fought over a breakfast table, with quiet words carefully chosen.

The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.

I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.

Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?

I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.

Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.