--- title: "3 Texan Quotes By Lisa Kleypas" description: "3 Texan quotes by Lisa Kleypas. Plus more from Lisa Kleypas and more Texan sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/lisa-kleypas-111_art_those-blue-eyes-glinted-with-uncivilized_206274.png" --- > [Those blue eyes glinted with uncivilized suggestion. A faint smile was tucked in the corner of his wide mouth. Definitely wouldn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/those-blue-eyes-glinted-with-uncivilized-suggestion-a-faint-smile-was/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/lisa-kleypas-111_art_those-blue-eyes-glinted-with-uncivilized_206274.png) > [Well, you missed out on some important protocol, Ella. You can't stand between a Texan and his power tools. We like them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/well-you-missed-out-on-some-important-protocol-ella-you-can-t-stand/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/lisa-kleypas-111_beer_well-you-missed-out-on-some-important-pr_2061282.jpg) > [Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/asking-an-eight-year-old-girl-if-something-is-a-little-over-the-top/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/lisa-kleypas-111_answer_asking-an-eight-year-old-girl-if-somethi_2509126.png) ## Other authors on Texan - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-steinbeck-52314.jpg) John Steinbeck 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/texan/john-steinbeck/) ## 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. It seemed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kleypas/she-felt-tears-slip-from-beneath-her-lashes-no-matter-how-she-tried/) [Lisa Kleypas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kleypas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/texan/lisa-kleypas/#itemlist", "name": "3 Texan Quotes By Lisa Kleypas", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those blue eyes glinted with uncivilized suggestion. A faint smile was tucked in the corner of his wide mouth. Definitely wouldn't want to be alone in a room with that guy, I thought. 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