Quotes from Lisa Kleypas

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

I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is.

Most of the time when couples argue, it's not really about the thing they're fighting about; there's a deeper reason why they're arguing.

Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed-and all because of a ferret.

Daisy," Westcliff said gently, "most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without Daisy Bowman in it.

Well, I find a strange comfort in the fact that he wouldn't feel this degree of animosity now, had he not loved me so much before.

His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

Haven, don't ask me to define the boundaries of normal. You know how I was raised. My father once struck strands of his own pubic hair onto a painting and sold it for a million dollars.

I'll marry you," Tom told her. "Any time. Any terms." West gently nudged Cassandra toward the door. "Go, darling, while I talk with the insane man.

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.

I told him I had always kept my inner Martha Stewart chained in the basement, but for his sake I would set her loose." ~ Haven Travis

Why was love so easy for some people and so hard for others?

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

Falling hard and fast. And there didn't seem to be a thing I could do about it.

It seemed that no matter what her faults were, he was willing to accept her for who she was, and who she was not.

My point is, when someone is hurting you, they can call it whatever the hell they want. They can even call it love. But words lie, actions don't.

You can't love someone new without getting over the last one.

If I'm to change my life for you, I've got to have some hope." "I don't want you to change your life for me. You'll have to make the same decision every day, over and over - it must be for yourself alone.

No, no... She shook her head for emphasis. No. His lips twitched. - One 'no' is enough, darling.

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

May and October, the best-smelling months? I'll make a case for December: evergreen, frost, wood smoke, cinnamon.

Pandora," he said huskily, holding her against his violently thumping heart. "I love you more than I can bear. You're everything to me. You're the reason the earth turns and morning follows night. You're the meaning of primroses and why kissing was invented. You're the reason my heart beats. God help me, I'm not strong enough to survive without you. I need you too much . . . I need you . . .

She heard the trace of fear in his voice. The fear that a small boy must have felt when every woman he loved had disappeared from his life, swept away by a merciless fever. She didn't know how to reassure him, or how to console his long-ago grief.

Turning to Winterborne, he remarked casually, "No one's ever showered me with cash before. I must say, it inspires feelings of instant affection.