Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “Her voice was so soothing and gentle that it would have caused an assortment of cobras, tigers, wolverines, and badgers to all snuggle together and take a group nap.”

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452. “Americans and romance. It’s like watching a bird try to fly with one wing.”

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453. “Some questions change everything.”

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454. “I thought I would spend the rest of my life searching for little reminders of you...”

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455. “Good God, she really did walk in circles. A pang of tenderness centered in Gabriel’s chest like an ache. He wanted all her circles to lead back to him.”

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456. “You have to keep taking chances on the wrong people till you find the right one.”

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457. “He became deeply sun-browned, and although the bronze hue of his skin clearly proclaimed him to be of the working classes, it enhanced the vivid blue-green of his eyes and made his teeth look even whiter than usual. Not surprisingly, McKenna began to attract the notice of female guests at the estate, one of whom even attempted to hire him away from Stony Cross Park.”

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458. “I realized that my kisses with Dane had become a form of punctuation, the quotations or the hasty dash at the end of a conversation.”

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459. “She was so endearing, so indomitable, that Gabriel was wrenched with a feeling he’d never known before, as if all the extremes of joy and despair had been compressed into some new emotion that threatened to crack the walls of his heart.”

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460. “Most men have inner demons,” Kingston replied quietly. “God knows I do. So does a friend who’s the finest and most genuinely moral man I’ve ever known.”

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461. “Breakfast,” he muttered. “And I wouldnt care to make you choose between lovingmaking or a hot meal, as the answer would likely be unflattering. Put on your gown, while I got to the door.”

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462. “I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.”

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463. “These impossible women! How they do get around us!”

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464. “You saved him, Evie, on the night you offered to marry him. Which is evidence, I suppose, that moments of lunacy can occasionally lead to positive results.”

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465. “I give my blessing to a marriage between you and my daughter. Now, you will undoubtedly point out that you haven’t asked for it, which will prompt me to ask why. Then you’ll relate a few stories from your unsavory past and go through some tedious self-flagellation to make me aware of your unworthiness as a potential husband and father.” The duke took a sip of coffee before adding, “I will not be impressed.”

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466. “Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?”

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467. “Our gazes met. It seemed an entire conversation took place in that one glance. Each of us saw what we needed to know.”

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468. “Dad,” I said hesitantly, “I wish you could be there for me even when I’m doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I’m screwing up.”

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469. “I overwhelm even myself.”

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470. “I’m sorry to say, Marcus, that each of your recent choice of companions – the last four or five, at least – displayed all the intelligence of a turnip.”

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471. “In a few minutes, West had pinned Phoebe against a corner wall of the winter garden, in a sheltered space of stone and feathery leaves. He possessed her with passion-roughened kisses, almost eating at her mouth, greedily drawing in the honeysuckle taste of her. Her skin was milk-white with golden flecks, smoothness quivering at the stroke of his tongue.”

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472. “She heard the trace of fear in his voice. The fear that a small boy must have felt when every woman he loved had disappeared from his life, swept away by a merciless fever. She didn’t know how to reassure him, or how to console his long-ago grief.”

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473. “Guilt often takes the form of anger.”

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474. “Marcus, there are some things that shouldn’t be done in front of children or horses.” “There are no children here. And my horses don’t gossip.”

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475. “Leo knew next to nothing about governesses, save for the drab creatures in novels, who tended to fall in love with the lord of the manor, always with bad results.”

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476. “Tolstoy isn’t the only reason I don’t wish to marry,” Pandora said. “Whatever your reasons, they are unsound. I will explain to you later why you do wish to marry. Furthermore, you are an unconventional girl, and you must learn to conceal it. There is no happiness for any individual, man or woman, who does not dwell within the broad zone of average.”

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477. “Don’t tell anyone I was crying, or I shall be very cross with you.” “No, monisha,” he had soothed, cuddling her closer as she sniffled. “All your secrets are safe with me. You know that.”

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478. “Well, I find a strange comfort in the fact that he wouldn’t feel this degree of animosity now, had he not loved me so much before.”

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479. “I think I’m in love with her. Either that, or I have a stomach disease with a side effect of uncontrollable sweating.”

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480. “You believe yourself to be in love with her.” “No,” Hunt countered in a relaxed manner, “I am in love with her.”

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481. “But it’s a fact of life that dreadful people usually end up getting far better than they deserve.”

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482. “Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?”

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483. “They still had the power to hurt their children from the grave.”

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484. “His expression was infused with lust and adoration as he lowered his head to kiss her throat, his tongue venturing into the little spaces between the diamonds and round opals. “Why can’t you see yourself as I see you?” -Jack to Amanda.”

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485. “I do appreciate, Ernestine, that your first instinct is not to prevent me from doing something scandalous, but to help me get away with it.”

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486. “Derek cuddled his daughter against his shoulder and spoke in a mixture of baby words and cockney, a language only she seemed to understand.”

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487. “The Blue Vanda hadn’t sickened in Winterborne’s care... it had thrived.”

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488. “From the very first time she’d been able to find the chinks in his armor.”

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489. “The word “mistress” sounds like a cross between mistake and mattress.”

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490. “Daisy gave her a speaking glance, and her sister grinned. “Never fear,” Lillian continued, “eventually we will succeed in infiltrating London society, and then we’ll marry Lord Heavydebts and Lord Shallowpockets, and finally assume our places as ladies of the manor.”

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491. “Amanda hated it that Jack smelled so much better than any other man she knew. If only she could bottle the essence and pour it on some other man.”

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492. “She had made Matthew want to smile. With her luminous skin, her exotic cinnamon-colored eyes and quicksilver expressions, Daisy Bowman seemed to have come from an enchanted forest populated with mythical creatures.”

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493. “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 chest, as if the sight of her was more than his heart could bear.”

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494. “Her dream lover whispered endearments as he embraced her, his mouth playing over her throat. Everywhere he touched, she felt a glow of sensation. “Shall I take you?” he whispered, carefully drawing away her clothes, baring her skin to the light and air and water. “Don’t be afraid, little love, don’t...”

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495. “If I had the right, I would forbid you to go anywhere without me. Not out of selfishness, but because being apart from you is like trying to live without breathing.”

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496. “And although I appreciated their kindness more than they would ever know, it’s a fact that friends last longer the less you use them.”

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497. “Pandora had no idea how fortunate she was that he didn’t insist on sending her out with a bodyguard of assorted marksmen, cavalry, Scottish archers, and a few Japanese samurai thrown in for hood measure.”

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498. “A woman could become a slave to those experienced hands. He touched her with perfect sensuality, drawing acute pleasure from her sore flesh. Leaning most of her weight against the doorjamb, Evie felt her breathing turn slow and deep. Her back softened, lengthened beneath the coaxing manipulation, and it felt so wonderful that she dreaded the moment he would stop.”

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499. “It was more than a kiss... it was a sentence of unbroken kisses, the hot sweet syllables of lips and tongue making her drunk on sensation.”

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500. “He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to know it. -Ella.”

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