--- title: "Best Marriage Quotes by Lisa Kleypas" description: "69 Marriage quotes by Lisa Kleypas. Plus more from Lisa Kleypas and more Marriage sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/lisa-kleypas-111_heath_they-had-known-each-other-intimately-as_3194122.png" --- > [“They had known each other intimately, as husband and wife, countless times, He had held her with tenderness and passion, but never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/they-had-known-each-other-intimately-as-husband-and-wife-countless/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/lisa-kleypas-111_heath_they-had-known-each-other-intimately-as_3194122.png) > [“You were never one to moon over handsome boys, or talk about balls and parties, or dream about your future husband.” “That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-were-never-one-to-moon-over-handsome-boys-or-talk-about-balls-and/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/lisa-kleypas-111_future-husband_you-were-never-one-to-moon-over-handsome_1471857.png) > [“If my wife finds comfort in trite Gispy homilies, I have no objection to your offering them. However, if you ever kiss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/if-my-wife-finds-comfort-in-trite-gispy-homilies-i-have-no-objection/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/lisa-kleypas-111_cam_if-my-wife-finds-comfort-in-trite-gispy_2770747.png) > [No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst, that it inevitably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/no-marriage-stays-in-the-same-pattern-forever-it-is-both-the-best/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/lisa-kleypas-111_forever_no-marriage-stays-in-the-same-pattern-fo_337868.png) > [“Lord St. Vincent sees to it that his wife is dressed like a queen. I'll tell thee summat: if she wanted the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/lord-st-vincent-sees-to-it-that-his-wife-is-dressed-like-a-queen-i-ll/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/lisa-kleypas-111_lord-st-vincent_lord-st-vincent-sees-to-it-that-his-wife_2919318.png) > [“Perhaps, in spite of all she had heard about the ideal of a perfect marriage, there was no such thing. Perhaps every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/perhaps-in-spite-of-all-she-had-heard-about-the-ideal-of-a-perfect/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/lisa-kleypas-111_marriage_perhaps-in-spite-of-all-she-had-heard-ab_1231792.png) > [You know," I told him on our wedding night, "I'm just as much me when I'm with you, as I am without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-know-i-told-him-on-our-wedding-night-i-m-just-as-much-me-when-i-m/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/lisa-kleypas-111_arms_you-know-i-told-him-on-our-wedding-night_1645630.png) > [“Who should I send for now?” Using the last of his strength, Sebastian managed to drag her hand up to his mouth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/who-should-i-send-for-now-using-the-last-of-his-strength-sebastian/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83d/lisa-kleypas-111_evie-jenner_who-should-i-send-for-now-using-the-last_2138927.png) > [Evie," Lillian interupted impatiently, "men expect to be deceived in these matters. They're happiest that way. If one were straightforward with them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/evie-lillian-interupted-impatiently-men-expect-to-be-deceived-in/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/760/lisa-kleypas-111_deceived_evie-lillian-interupted-impatiently-men_753985.jpg) > [“Christopher felt a smile -his first genuine smile in a long time- pulling at his lips. "Does Miss Hathaway have many suitors?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/christopher-felt-a-smile-his-first-genuine-smile-in-a-long-time/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/lisa-kleypas-111_christopher_christopher-felt-a-smile-his-first-genui_3059597.jpg) > [You told me you believed marriage was for other people." "You're the only man who could make me believe that it's for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-told-me-you-believed-marriage-was-for-other-people-you-re-the/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/lisa-kleypas-111_bed_you-told-me-you-believed-marriage-was-fo_513527.png) > [Slowly his resistance ebbed. She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders curving around her as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/slowly-his-resistance-ebbed-she-felt-the-change-in-his-body-the/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/lisa-kleypas-111_band_slowly-his-resistance-ebbed-she-felt-the_335883.jpg) > [The London season is like one of those Drury Lane melodramas in which marriage is always the ending. And no one ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/the-london-season-is-like-one-of-those-drury-lane-melodramas-in-which/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/lisa-kleypas-111_demand_the-london-season-is-like-one-of-those-d_1934939.png) > [Daisy has a unique spirit. A warm and romantic nature. If she is forced into a loveless marriage, she will be devastated.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/daisy-has-a-unique-spirit-a-warm-and-romantic-nature-if-she-is-forced/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/lisa-kleypas-111_cherish_daisy-has-a-unique-spirit-a-warm-and-rom_2785055.jpg) > [“Marcus's fear that his wife might succumb to childbed fever receded day by day as Lillian returned to her old self, healthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/marcus-s-fear-that-his-wife-might-succumb-to-childbed-fever-receded/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/lisa-kleypas-111_day-by-day_marcus-s-fear-that-his-wife-might-succum_64820.png) > [“Just don't ask me to stand up with you at the wedding, as I have no desire to be a hypocrite." "No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/just-don-t-ask-me-to-stand-up-with-you-at-the-wedding-as-i-have-no/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/lisa-kleypas-111_lillian-and-marcus_just-don-t-ask-me-to-stand-up-with-you-a_4268.png) > [“In this regard, Daisy reflected, her marriage to Matthew would not be unlike Lillian's with Westcliff. As two strong-willed people with very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/in-this-regard-daisy-reflected-her-marriage-to-matthew-would-not-be/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/lisa-kleypas-111_day-and-night_in-this-regard-daisy-reflected-her-marri_116723.png) > [“You'll be my wife," he said inexorably. "You want to own me!" she accused, trying to crawl away from him. "Yes." He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-ll-be-my-wife-he-said-inexorably-you-want-to-own-me-she-accused/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/lisa-kleypas-111_marriage_you-ll-be-my-wife-he-said-inexorably-you_23226.png) > [“Rest,” Logan said. “Both of you.” His caressing gaze moved over his wife and infant daughter. “I'll watch over you.” “Love me?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/rest-logan-said-both-of-you-his-caressing-gaze-moved-over-his-wife/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/lisa-kleypas-111_caressing_rest-logan-said-both-of-you-his-caressin_3048426.jpg) > [“St. Vincent. Her husband. He was naked, or at least the upper half of him was. He slept on his stomach, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/st-vincent-her-husband-he-was-naked-or-at-least-the-upper-half-of-him/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/lisa-kleypas-111_gaze_st-vincent-her-husband-he-was-naked-or-a_2417598.png) > [“Poppy gave him an odd look. “Is there anything the matter?” Nothing. Except that watching his wife eating breakfast was the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/poppy-gave-him-an-odd-look-is-there-anything-the-matter-nothing/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/lisa-kleypas-111_eating-breakfast_poppy-gave-him-an-odd-look-is-there-anyt_1335989.png) > [“Damn it. I don't know how to be a husband, or father. But since your standards in both areas seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/damn-it-i-don-t-know-how-to-be-a-husband-or-father-but-since-your/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/lisa-kleypas-111_evangeline-jenner_damn-it-i-don-t-know-how-to-be-a-husband_2438796.png) > [“Maybe when you're married, you'll have a better idea of what desperate lengths you'll go to...for your sake,I hope not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/maybe-when-you-re-married-you-ll-have-a-better-idea-of-what-desperate/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/lisa-kleypas-111_desperate_maybe-when-you-re-married-you-ll-have-a_114147.png) > [A slow smile had curved St. Vincent's lips. 'Wives are a different case altogether. They require a great deal of effort but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/a-slow-smile-had-curved-st-vincent-s-lips-wives-are-a-different-case/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/lisa-kleypas-111_cases_a-slow-smile-had-curved-st-vincent-s-lip_2156784.png) > [“Satisfaction rang in MacPhee's voice."Before God an' these witnesses I declare ye to be married persons. Whom God hath joined let no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/satisfaction-rang-in-macphee-s-voice-before-god-an-these-witnesses-i/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/lisa-kleypas-111_god_satisfaction-rang-in-macphee-s-voice-bef_2663315.jpg) > [It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/it-might-do-wonders-for-your-marriage-amelia-continued-it-s-lovely-to/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/lisa-kleypas-111_amelia_it-might-do-wonders-for-your-marriage-am_2428853.png) > [“Coming to stand by her husband's side, Lara touched his arm tentatively."My lord," she said gratefully. "Thank you for protecting my sister.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/coming-to-stand-by-her-husband-s-side-lara-touched-his-arm/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/lisa-kleypas-111_gaze_coming-to-stand-by-her-husband-s-side-la_664395.jpg) > [Marriage would change hardly anything between us, except that we would end our arguments in a much more satisfying way. And of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/marriage-would-change-hardly-anything-between-us-except-that-we-would/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/lisa-kleypas-111_argument_marriage-would-change-hardly-anything-be_636942.png) > [What kind of wedding would you like?" he asked, and stole another kiss before she could reply. "The kind that turns you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/what-kind-of-wedding-would-you-like-he-asked-and-stole-another-kiss/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/lisa-kleypas-111_fingers_what-kind-of-wedding-would-you-like-he-a_653976.png) ## Other authors on Marriage - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 233 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/nikhil-saluja/) - [Jarod Kintz 103 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 101 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/jane-austen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 98 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-vikrant-parsai-70.jpg) Vikrant Parsai 87 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/vikrant-parsai/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rodney-dangerfield-80610.jpg) Rodney Dangerfield 84 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/rodney-dangerfield/) - [Suzanne Finnamore 78 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/suzanne-finnamore/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 78 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gary-chapman-36937.jpg) Gary Chapman 76 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/gary-chapman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-gilbert-32532.jpg) Elizabeth Gilbert 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/elizabeth-gilbert/) ## More by Lisa Kleypas > [“It was a popular belief in Victorian society that women, with their mercurial natures and lesser brains, could not have the same quality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/it-was-a-popular-belief-in-victorian-society-that-women-with-their/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/just-don-t-ask-me-to-stand-up-with-you-at-the-wedding-as-i-have-no/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/why-isn-t-it-enough-that-i-m-willing-to-submit-to-you-poppy-asked-her/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/then-as-now-there-were-always-girls-who-were-overlooked-and-ignored/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-ve-always-been-a-know-it-all-well-you-re-about-to-find-out-how/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/one-glance-and-i-knew-exactly-who-and-what-he-was-the-classic-alpha/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/i-always-counsel-aspiring-novelists-that-passion-is-the-most/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/sometimes-you-meet-a-really-nice-guy-but-no-matter-how-you-try-you/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“Risking a glance at the dignified young man beside her- what was his name?- Mr. Arthurson, Arterton?- Pandora decided to try her hand at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/risking-a-glance-at-the-dignified-young-man-beside-her-what-was-his/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-ll-be-my-wife-he-said-inexorably-you-want-to-own-me-she-accused/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/and-then-another-letter-had-come-from-christopher-so-devastating-that/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“You thought I was peculiar,” she said in a muffled voice. His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/you-thought-i-was-peculiar-she-said-in-a-muffled-voice-his-mouth/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“Friends are the support bras of life. We don't let each other down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/friends-are-the-support-bras-of-life-we-don-t-let-each-other-down/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/a-slow-smile-began-on-gideon-s-face-and-his-blue-eyes-sparkled-with-a/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) > [“She felt tears slip from beneath her lashes, no matter how she tried to blink them back. Her heart was ablaze. 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But none of them want to marry her.\" \"Why is that, do you imagine?\" \"They don't want to get shot,\" the child said, shrugging. \"Pardon?\" Christopher's brows lifted. \"Before you marry, you have to get shot by an arrow and fall in love,\" the boy explained.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Kleypas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/christopher-felt-a-smile-his-first-genuine-smile-in-a-long-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/lisa-kleypas-111_christopher_christopher-felt-a-smile-his-first-genui_3059597.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/lisa-kleypas-111_christopher_christopher-felt-a-smile-his-first-genui_3059597.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/lisa-kleypas-111_christopher_christopher-felt-a-smile-his-first-genui_3059597.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Christopher felt a smile -his first genuine smile in a long time- pulling at his lips. \"Does Miss Hathaway…” — Lisa Kleypas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You told me you believed marriage was for other people.\" \"You're the only man who could make me believe that it's for me, too. 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She felt the change in his body, the relaxing of tension, his shoulders curving around her as if he could draw her into himself. Murmuring her name, he brought her hand to his face and nuzzled ardently into her palm, his lips brushing the warm circlet of her gold wedding band. “My love is upon you,” he whispered…and she knew then that she had won.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Kleypas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/slowly-his-resistance-ebbed-she-felt-the-change-in-his-body-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/lisa-kleypas-111_band_slowly-his-resistance-ebbed-she-felt-the_335883.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/lisa-kleypas-111_band_slowly-his-resistance-ebbed-she-felt-the_335883.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/lisa-kleypas-111_band_slowly-his-resistance-ebbed-she-felt-the_335883.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Slowly his resistance ebbed. 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A husband who will allow her to dream.\" -Westcliff", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Kleypas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/daisy-has-a-unique-spirit-a-warm-and-romantic-nature-if-she-is-forced/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/lisa-kleypas-111_cherish_daisy-has-a-unique-spirit-a-warm-and-rom_2785055.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/lisa-kleypas-111_cherish_daisy-has-a-unique-spirit-a-warm-and-rom_2785055.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/lisa-kleypas-111_cherish_daisy-has-a-unique-spirit-a-warm-and-rom_2785055.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Daisy has a unique spirit. A warm and romantic nature. 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Her husband. He was naked, or at least the upper half of him was. He slept on his stomach, his smoothly muscled arms curved around the pillow beneath his head. The broad lines of his shoulders and back were so perfect that they seemed to have been carved from pale Baltic amber and sanded to a glossy finish. 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That will be eighty-two pounds, three crowns, an' one shilling.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Kleypas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/satisfaction-rang-in-macphee-s-voice-before-god-an-these-witnesses-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/lisa-kleypas-111_god_satisfaction-rang-in-macphee-s-voice-bef_2663315.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/lisa-kleypas-111_god_satisfaction-rang-in-macphee-s-voice-bef_2663315.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/512/lisa-kleypas-111_god_satisfaction-rang-in-macphee-s-voice-bef_2663315.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Satisfaction rang in MacPhee's voice.\"Before God an' these witnesses I declare ye to be married persons…” — Lisa Kleypas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything.” - Amelia to Poppy", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Kleypas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/it-might-do-wonders-for-your-marriage-amelia-continued-it-s-lovely-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/lisa-kleypas-111_amelia_it-might-do-wonders-for-your-marriage-am_2428853.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/lisa-kleypas-111_amelia_it-might-do-wonders-for-your-marriage-am_2428853.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/lisa-kleypas-111_amelia_it-might-do-wonders-for-your-marriage-am_2428853.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve…” — Lisa Kleypas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Coming to stand by her husband's side, Lara touched his arm tentatively.\"My lord,\" she said gratefully. \"Thank you for protecting my sister. Thank you.\" He shot her a gaze of hot black intensity. \"Thank me in bed,\" he said, barely audible. Lara stared at him, startled. \"Now?\" she whispered, feeling her cheeks prickle with heat. 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