Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypasis a best-selling American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts 1985 and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
fall together might
It's like your whole life you 've been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catches you. And you realise that somehow you 've caught her at the same time. And together, instead of falling, you might be able to fly.
space sorrow gone
You can never be truly happy in a life unless you have known a sorrow. All terrible things we have gone through in life have created spaces inside us where happiness can live Not to mention love.
sex thinking differences
Alone-sex didn't count. It's like the difference between thinking to yourself or having a good conversation with someone--the pleasure is in the exchange.
writing passion important
I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.
writing character creating
Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.
hurt dear-lord forever
Dear Lord,” she said in a strangled whisper. “I can bear it for a while...but please don't let it hurt forever.
lying reading rain
Some things are better when it’s raining. Like reading. Or sleeping. Or this.” “Lying in bed with me?
love-you trying enough
I love you enough for the both of us. And there must be something about me worth loving. If you would just try…
way killing needed
The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.
goal kind lord
That is kind of you, my lord. But I will never dance with you.' Which, of course, made it the goal of Leo's life.
reality sometimes choke
I grasp reality, but sometimes I like to choke it into submission.
bye silence sometimes
Sometimes silence was easiest, when the only word left was good-bye.
nice want problem
Justine," Zoe said, "I don't want to curse anyone." "Of course you don't, you're much too nice. But I don't have that problem.
men talking voice
At first I wasn’t all that tempted by him, but then he killed the spider. Which was a huge point in his favor.” “Absolutely. I love men who kill bugs.” “And then when I was freaking out and couldn’t breathe, he was so…gentle.” Zoe sighed and colored, remembering. “He was holding me, and talking to me in that voice…you know, sort of low and rough around the edges…” “All the Nolans sound like that,” Justine said reflectively. “Like they’ve got a mild case of bronchitis. Totally hot.