I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Why is life so difficult for some people and not for others? Why do some people have to struggle so much? — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
...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 Copy Share Image
“But it’s a fact of life that dreadful people usually end up getting far better than they deserve.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most." ~ Hardy Cates — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are best read as entertainment,” Harry said. “Not as a guide to life.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“But I must warn you, Miss Hathaway ... life has a way of fouling up our plans. I speak from experience.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who was meant to have a very ordinary life. I have no special talent, no great beauty,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I am running after you, and life, in desperate pursuit. My dream is that someday you will both turn and let me… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life, he was beginning to recognize that true passion was not easily satisfied, that there was… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
She heard the trace of fear in his voice. The fear that a small boy must have felt when every woman he… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
There were times in life when you had to take a risk that might end in failure. Because otherwise you would be… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
As it turned out, Welcome was where I lost everything, and gained everything. Welcome was the place where my life was guided… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
What you should really be sorry for," he continued, "is that for the rest of my life, I'll have to avoid wine… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I reflected that for all the people you lost touch with or couldn't hold on to, life occasionally made up for it… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I know I'm a bad bargain. But I'm begging you to have me anyway. Because I want a chance to make you… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It was a confirmation of a connection that already existed. And it was a bond that extended far beyond the borders of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
He'll survive," he answered her. "Just as he's survived everything else in his life. But he'll never be the same. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I suppose now I'm obliged to wish you happiness in your new life. Although happiness in the absence of indoor plumbing is… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry,” he rasped, even as he knew what he was about to do. “My God. Sorry—” His mouth clamped over hers,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
We all know that being able to express deep emotion can literally save a person's life, and suppressing emotion can kill you… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Bitterly I wondered if Hardy was going to overshadow every relationship for the rest of my life, haunting me like a ghost.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
It's like your whole life you 've been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catches you. And you realise that… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
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… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Have you ever wanted something so much that you would do anything to have it - even knowing that it was bad… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
You wouldn't have taken Rose to such a place, would you?" "Of course not, but she is a little girl, and I'm-"… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“It was a popular belief in Victorian society that women, with their mercurial natures and lesser brains, could not have the same quality of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“Just don't ask me to stand up with you at the wedding, as I have no desire to be a hypocrite." "No, just an… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“Why isn't it enough that I'm willing to submit to you?' Poppy asked, her own temper flaring. 'Why must I be eager to lie… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“You've always been a know-it-all. Well, you're about to find out how much you don't know." "Believe me," I muttered, "I'm the first one… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
Sometimes you meet a really nice guy, but no matter how you try, you can’t seem to make yourself want him. But that’s not… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“Risking a glance at the dignified young man beside her- what was his name?- Mr. Arthurson, Arterton?- Pandora decided to try her hand at… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“You'll be my wife," he said inexorably. "You want to own me!" she accused, trying to crawl away from him. "Yes." He flung her… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
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… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“You thought I was peculiar,” she said in a muffled voice. His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
A slow smile began on Gideon's face, and his blue eyes sparkled. With a shake of his head, he put his hand on his… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“She felt tears slip from beneath her lashes, no matter how she tried to blink them back. Her heart was ablaze. It seemed that… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
