Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “Evie fought to contain a rush of eagerness, afraid of appearing foolishly infatuated with him. However, no matter how sternly she tamped her feelings down beneath the surface, they seemed to sift out like diamond dust, sparkling visibly in the air around her. The odd thing was, he seemed similarly glad to be in her presence, for once discarding the guise of a jaded rake, and smiling at her with genuine warmth.”

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252. “The night we met, I felt you like an electric shock. Something about you calls to the devil in me.”

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253. “A gorgeous woman was never expected to be smart, and if she was, most people found it off-putting. There was only so much good fortune a normal person could forgive in another.”

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254. “Of all the Hathaways, Poppy was the one Catherine had always felt the most comfortable with. Poppy was a warm and talkative young woman who loved order and routine. Hers was an essentially sunny and accepting nature, providing a necessary balance to Harry’s driven intensity.”

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255. “I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids.”

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256. “The world expects a man to have a backbone. Especially when a woman is being harassed.”

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257. “How the hell could she hold him at fault for the situation when he’d had no choice in any of it? “What did I do to deserve that?” he demanded. West’s mouth twitched. “Aside from saying you were going to cast her out and destroy her home?” “I apologized!” “Never apologize to women. It only confirms that you were wrong, and incenses them further.”

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258. “Sometimes an imitation of love can be pretty damn convincing.”

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259. “Because letting someone in close meant they could hurt you. I knew all about that kind of fear. I lived with it.”

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260. “I’ve never had any objection to appearing depraved or villainous. But I draw the line at looking like a prize idiot.”

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261. “I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined.”

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262. “I die,” he continued, “you’re next in line.” “Do you actually believe I’ll outlive you?” West asked. “With all my vices?” “I have just as many.” “Yes, but I’m far more enthusiastic about mine.”

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263. “Your only value to me,” he said in a low tone, “is your knowledge of Lillian Bowman’s whereabouts. If I can’t obtain that from you, I’ll send you to the devil. Tell me, or I’ll choke it from you. And believe that I have enough of my father in me to do it without a second thought.”

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264. “The fourteen-year-old boys, Ashton and Augustus, were the youngest offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Hunt, who had been close friends to the Challons since before Phoebe had been born.”

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265. “Stay with me,” Zachary said quietly. “I’ll send for Rose, and you’ll both live here while we arrange for the wedding.” “You know I can’t do that.” He frowned and guided her carefully around a small marble and brass sundial set in the ground. “I don’t want to let you out of my sight.”

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266. “I’ve needed someone like you for a long time. Now that I have you, no one is going to take you from me. Logan to Madeline.”

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267. “Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.”

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268. “Following Westcliff, Lord St. Vincent paused just long enough to murmur to Amelia, “Although most advice should be distrusted, particularly when it comes to myself... keep an open mind, Miss Hathaway. One should never look a rich husband in the mouth.” He winked at her and left, striding to the back terrace along with Westcliff.”

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269. “Good God. I don’t believe St. Vincent and the word ‘celibacy’ have ever been mentioned in the same sentence before.”

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270. “I’ll be a Winterborne,” Helen said calmly. “They should worry about that I’ll think of them.”

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271. “It’s a fine thing to be clever, but too much cleverness usually produces the same result as ignorance.-Lady Berwick.”

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272. “He was black-haired and swarthy and exotic.”

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273. “It was a law of nature that only the strongest survived, and the weakest had better get the hell out of the way.”

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274. “Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.”

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275. “I like that word,” Pandora mused. “Strumpet. It sounds like a saucy musical instrument.” “It.”

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276. “When you grow up without something, the lack of it is always with you. Even when you finally have it.” Helen.”

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277. “Lillian offered him a placating smile. “I never thought you would actually betray me that way. I was just afraid that you found her tempting. And I – ” “The only thing I find tempting is the idea of taking you to the tack room and applying a saddle strap to your bottom. Repeatedly. With vigor.”

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278. “Milady,” she said quietly, “I hardly recognize ye.” Holly’s smile wavered, and she took a deep breath. “Is that a good thing or a bad thing, Maude? What would my husband have said, if he had ever seen me like this?” “I think Master George would have loved to see ye in that red gown,” Maude replied thoughtfully. “He was a man, after all.”

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279. “I knew I would replay the scene countless times in the years before me, each time thinking of different things I should have said and done. But all I did was walk away without looking back.”

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280. “My family has always believed that when we are faced with large and apparently impossible problems, the best solutions are found by the insane people, not the sensible ones.”

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281. “You said I could kiss you,” came his gentle, wicked whisper near her ear. “But, my love... you didn’t specify where.”

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282. “Murmuring her name, he brought her hand to his face and nuzzled ardently into her palm, his lips brushing the warm circlet of her gold wedding band. “My love is upon you,” he whispered... and she knew then that she had won. This imperfect, extraordinary, passionate man was hers, his heart given over completely to her safekeeping. It was a trust she would never betray.”

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283. “Something about her brings out the devil in me.”

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284. “St. Vincent was a handsome man with wheat-colored hair and pale blue eyes. Some claimed he had the most perfect form and features of any man alive. The looks of a saint, the soul of a scoundrel.”

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285. “And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.”

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286. “I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life.”

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287. “Some people there’s no getting over.”

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288. “The perfume works,” she insisted. “Not only did you respond to it, but Annabelle tried it on her husband – and she swears that he kept her up all night as a result.” “Sweetheart,” Marcus said wryly, “Hunt has behaved like a boar in rut around Annabelle since the first day they met. It’s typical behavior for him, where she is concerned.”

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289. “But wishes don’t have expiration dates.”

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290. “I’ve dreamed of this for so long,” he whispered. “The first time we met, part of my brain said, ‘I want that one.”

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291. “Tell me everything, I would say. All about the blues, and the time your heart was broken, and what scares you the most, and the thing you’ve always wanted to do but haven ’t yet.”

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292. “Because I realized during the past few days that I can’t leave doubt in anyone’s mind about to whom you belong. Especially not yours.”

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293. “The sin was not love, but the lack of it. The thing to fear was not scandal, but the betrayal of one’s own morality.”

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294. “These are marks of a life well lived, and risks taken, and miracles you brought into the world. They’re signs of having loved and been loved.”

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295. “You look like a butterfly that’s just flown in from the garden,” Hunt said softly.”

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296. “As she drowsed in his arms, it occurred to her that he provided the illusion of something she had never had before. Sanctuary. His hand passed repeatedly over her hair in the gentlest of caresses, and she heard him murmur in his dark-angel voice, “Rest, my love. I’m watching over you.”

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297. “Daisy had known the novel was silly even as she had read it, but that had not detracted one bit from her enjoyment.”

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298. “I know many scientific facts about the human heart- not the least of which is that it’s far easier to make a heart stop beating entirely than to keep it from loving the wrong person.”

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299. “Courting sometimes has the unpleasant side effect of marriage.”

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300. “I’ve always thought there was a fair amount of dishonesty involved in politeness.”

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