Lisa Kleypas Quotes

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Do you know what a balance wheel is? She shook her head slightly. There's one in every clock or watch. It rotates back and forth without stopping. It's what makes the ticking sound...what makes the hands move forward to mark the minutes. Without it, the watch wouldn't work. You're my balance wheel, Poppy. -Harry Rutledge

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What did you do with memories, feelings, needs, that didn't belong anywhere?

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Dating is like trying to make a meal out of leftovers. Some leftovers actually get better when they've had a little time to mature. But others should be thrown out right away, No matter how you try to warm them up, they're never as good as when they were new.

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There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.

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Cam had once told her that the Rom believed the entire world was their home. As long as you were with your family you were home.

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I closed my eyes, thinking, Let me love you, Hardy, just let me.

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My peer would have to be dark-haired and handsome, a wonderful dancer... and he would never ask permission before he kissed me." -Lillian Bowman

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I think at this point, safety isn't a feeling, it's a process. Starting with trust.

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Neither of us seemed able to be close to anyone. Not even each other. Closeness meant the one you loved the most would cause you the most damage. How did you unlearn that? It was woven deep between every fiber and vessel. You couldn't cut it out.

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I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

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I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is.

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The baby woke up before you did. I took him to the other room to let you get a little more sleep. We've been watching a game." "Did he cry?" "Only when he realized the Astros were having another first-round play-off flame out. But I told him there's no shame in crying over the Astros. It's how we Houston guys bond.

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Oh, I have a very pure soul. It's only my private parts that have gotten me into trouble".

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You seem to think you have a choice," Cam said. "But you have it backwards. Love chooses you. The shadow moves as the sun commands.

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I love you enough for the both of us. And there must be something about me worth loving. If you would just try…

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Even though you said yes to the wrong man, I hope that won't cause you to say no to the right one.

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It's me, love," he said softly. "Everything's all right." Daisy managed to whisper through dry lips. "If you're a ghost...I hope you haunt me forever." Matthew sat on the floor and reached for her cold hands. "Would a ghost use the door?" he asked gently, bringing her fingers to his scratched, battered face.

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And there's one more thing to be aware of Cam said with a wintry softness that disguised all hint of feeling. If you succeed in marrying her we're not losing a sister. You're gaining an entire family—who will protect her at any cost.

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It's fairly easy to break hearts, Miss Duvall. The more interesting challenge is how to keep someone's love, not to lose it.

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I'll take your bet, he said grimly. I'm going to win it. And in three months, I'm going to put this back on your finger, and take you to bed, and do things to you that are outlawed in the civilized world.

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Sometimes the closest-held secrets in the world can be pried out by the right question at the right time.

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Nature had squandered an unreasonable quantity of male beauty on this undeserving creature.

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A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.

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What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people." "No one's ever told me that I'm a comfortable sort. I'm sure I don't like it. I'll have to do something diabolical soon to correct your impression.

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I'll tell you what I'm fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It's all come down to the hope of being with you..

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No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst, that it inevitably changes.

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Win told me that one isn't improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.

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That drew a mocking laugh from Lillian. Really, someone should tell St. Vincent that he's a living cliché. He has become the embodiment of everything they say about reformed rakes.

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Come on, Ella. Sleep green.' Ignoring him, I got into bed wearing a T-shirt and boxer shorts printed with penguins. I reached over to the nightstand and flipped off the lamp. A moment of silence, and then I heard a lecherous murmur. 'I like your penguins.

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Catherine went still. Her eyes closed against a sudden wet sting. 'Did you accept her proposal?' Leo nuzzled tenderly into the hollow beneath her ear. 'Of course not, pea-goose.

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