Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “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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452. “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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453. “I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.”

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

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455. “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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456. “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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457. “Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?”

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458. “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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459. “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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460. “I overwhelm even myself.”

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461. “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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462. “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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463. “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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464. “Guilt often takes the form of anger.”

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465. “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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466. “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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467. “Never apologize to women. It only confirms that you were wrong, and incenses them further.”

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468. “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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469. “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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470. “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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471. “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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472. “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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473. “But it’s a fact of life that dreadful people usually end up getting far better than they deserve.”

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

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

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476. “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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477. “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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478. “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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479. “From the very first time she’d been able to find the chinks in his armor.”

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

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

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482. “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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483. “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.”

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484. “Sometimes I’m not nice for a reason. It’s a way to find out what someone’s made of.”

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485. “You don’t have to apologize for disliking me, only for being discourteous.”

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486. “Nonconformity is nothing but self-interest in disguise.”

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487. “I’m going to kiss you as long and as often as I like, and you’re not to utter a word of protest.”

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488. “I had never felt the allure of another human being this strongly, warmth and curiosity mixing to form an unspoken question in the air.”

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489. “He said only two words. But they explained everything he was doing, and everything he intended to do. “You’re mine.”

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490. “Closing his eyes, he turned his face from hers, only to find himself nuzzling hungrily at her throat. She pushed at him a little, her sharp whisper at his ear. “What is the matter with you?” Marcus shook his head helplessly. “I’m sorry,” he rasped, even as he knew what he was about to do. “My God. Sorry – ” His mouth clamped over hers, and he began to kiss her as if his life depended on it.”

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491. “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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492. “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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493. “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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494. “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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495. “He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to know it. -Ella.”

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496. “How did he break the chair? Does he have a foul temper? Did he throw it?” “He broke it by sitting on it,” Lillian said with a scowl. “Cousin Eustace is rather l-large boned,” Evie admitted.”

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497. “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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498. “You aristocratic ladies and your gold-plated twats. You always think it’s such a honor for me to touch you.” He surveyed her with mocking green eyes. “You think you’re the first high-kick wench I’ve ever had? I used to have blue-blooded bitches like you pay me to do this. You’ve gotten it for free.”

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499. “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.”

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

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