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
“... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I had never ironed anything in my life. The proper pressing of a shirt was a mystery of the universe akin to… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“That's what life is. One problem after another. You can't control any of it. All you can do is reach out for… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
That drew a mocking laugh from Lillian. “Really, someone should tell St. Vincent that he’s a living cliché. He has become the… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You're no longer a wallflower, nor a virgin, nor the helpless child who had to endure life with the Maybricks. You're a… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“He loved numbers, their patterns and secrets, the way something complex could be reduced to something simple. In mathematics, unlike life, there… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
You can never be truly happy in a life unless you have known a sorrow. All terrible things we have gone through… — 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
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
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
“I'll follow you to the next life if I have to," he whispered harshly in her ear. "You'll never be free of… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
... no matter where you go or what you do, I'll love every day for the rest of my life. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“In my entire life, I've never managed to do anything that I've truly been ashamed of.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
A butterfly symbolized acceptance of each new phase in life. To keep faith as everything around you changed. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings. — 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
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
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’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
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“Friends are the support bras of life. We don't let each other down.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image