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
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.
soul worst left
A woman could do that to you - reach that place in your soul where the best and worst of you was kept. And once she was there, she owned that place and never left.
letting-go hurt prayer
I hate you for all the years I 'll have to live without you. How can a heart hurt this much and still go on beating? How can I feel this bad without dying from it? I 've bruised my knees with praying to have you back. None of my prayers have been answered. I tried to send them up to heaven but they 're trapped here on earth, like bobwhites beneath the snow. I try to sleep and it's like I 'm suffocating. Where have you gone? Once you said that if I wasn't with you, it wouldn't be heaven. I can't let go of you. Come back and haunt me. Come back.
way problem destination
The problem with chasing after happiness was that it wasn't a destination you could reach. It was something that happened along the way.
kindness spring numbers
Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without you in it. (tweaked version of a passage from Scandal in Spring)
strength beauty sparks
You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.
opposites path sides
...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.