Dating is like trying to make a meal out of leftovers. Some leftovers actually get better when they've had a little time… — 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
No one needs to have their way all the time, first of all, but second of all, if you find the right… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Victoria was an innocent country gentlewoman who spent her time reading, teaching the local children, painting, gathering armfuls of heather in the… — 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
“A pity that she gets so upset about little things, isn't it?" "Like the time we sneaked the greased piglet into Mrs.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
He was so far from the gallant knights in her romantic fantasies ... He was tarnished, scarred, imperfect. Deliberately he had destroyed… — 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
“... But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won't actually be *having* them.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“You're unbelievable," he said in a low voice, and it wasn't a compliment. "It amazes me that there was ever a time… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I've needed someone like you for a long time. Now that I have you, no one is going to take you from… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I felt the kind of loneliness that can happen in a roomful of people when everyone but you seems to be in… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“St. Vincent and I didn't expect to fall in love. It caught us both unaware." "Yes, but how did you know?" "It… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
My ultimate crush may be Judith McNaught - I met her once more than 20 years ago, and she was incredibly kind… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Rhys couldn't help wondering... had he known the first time he'd met Helen that this man was her father, would it have… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Simon had never forgotten the first moment that he had seen her standing outside the panorama, digging through her purse with a… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I knew I would replay the scene countless times in the years before me, each time thinking of different things I should… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
We were each other's only link to the past . . . that was the strength of our bond, and also our weakness. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Every time you look at me, you’ll remember that I’m half his.” “No.” His hand came to the side of her face,… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
But Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, you’d still say it wasn’t enough time.”… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Back to what? A guy who bails on you when you need him? What's Dane doing now that's more important than helping… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“They had known each other intimately, as husband and wife, countless times, He had held her with tenderness and passion, but never… — 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
