Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “There was a new, wondering note in his voice as he said, “Kiss me again.” “No, I’ll hurt you. I’m leaning on your leg.” “That’s not my leg,” came his roguish reply, making her laugh. “You perverse man.”

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302. “There’s only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully.”

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303. “Kev wasn’t certain if he was surrendering to Win or to his own passion for her. Only that there was no more holding back. He would take her. And he would give her everything he had, every part of his soul, even the broken pieces.”

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304. “No woman should be afraid to sparkle.”

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305. “Those mesmerizing eyes stared right into hers with an intensity that caused her brain to do an abrupt control-alt-delete.”

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306. “What are you going to say if she tells you that she had a row with Winterborne?” Cassandra asked. “I’ll tell her to have more of them,” Kathleen said. “One can’t allow a man to have his way all the time.” She paused reflectively. “Once Lord Berwick told me that when a horse pulls at the reins, one should never pull back. Instead, loosen them. But never more than an inch.”

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307. “I wonder,” he said to Merripen, “what Hunt knows about Harrow? Do you know him well enough to ask?” “Yes,” Merripen said. “But even if I didn’t, I wouldn’t leave this place until I made him tell me.” That made Leo chuckle. “You may be the only one in this entire mansion who would dare try to ‘make’ Simon Hunt do anything. He’s a bloody big bastard.” “So am I,” came Merripen’s grim reply.”

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308. “The span of three or four minutes is pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. People lose hundreds of minutes everyday, squandering them on trivial things. But sometimes in those fragments of time, something can happen you’ll remember the rest of your life.”

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309. “It is always more difficult for the people who swim against the current, Sophia.”

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310. “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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311. “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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312. “She felt tears slip from beneath her lashes, no matter how she tried to blink them back. Her heart was ablaze. It seemed that her entire life had led to this man, this moment of unexpressed love.”

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

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314. “Do you think it could be loneliness?” he suggested. “No, it’s not that.” Severin looked pensive. “What do you call it when everything seems boring and pointless, and even the people you know well are like strangers?” “Loneliness,” Devon said flatly. “Damn it. That makes six.” “Six what?” Devon asked in bewilderment. “Feelings. I’ve never had more than five feelings, and they’re hard enough to manage as it is. I’ll be damned if I’ll add another.”

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315. “Easy, pet.” His voice was laced with soft amusement. “I detect evidence of a temper, which I’ve no doubt you inherited from the old man. I’ve seen his eyes flash just that way when his dander is up over some trifle.”

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

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317. “The audience falls in love with a leading man because he’ll never belong to any of them.”

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318. “Once again Matthew was taken unaware by the extent of the feelings she inspired in him, his own limitless desire to fill her with happiness. “Whatever you need,” he whispered, “Whatever you want, I’ll get it for you. Just tell me.”

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319. “As she had once told Kathleen, sometimes one had to love something before it became lovable.”

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320. “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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321. “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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322. “But wishes don’t have expiration dates.”

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323. “Everyone striving to be witty and sought-after, everyone talking and no one listening...”

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324. “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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325. “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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326. “I have so much love for you, I could fill rooms with it. Buildings. You’re surrounded by it wherever you go, you walk through it, breathe it... it’s in your lungs, and under your tongue, and between your fingers and toes... ” His mouth moved passionately over hers, urging her lips apart. It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. It was a kiss to make angels faint and demons weep... a passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss that nearly knocked the earth off its axis. Or at least that was how Poppy felt about it.”

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327. “He’s not going to die, you know. It’s only nice, saintly people who suffer untimely deaths.” She gave a quiet laugh. “Whereas selfish bastards like St. Vincent live to torment other people for decades.”

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328. “It was insane to let a creature so perfectly beautiful and artlessly spirited and vulnerable as his wife venture out into a world that could crush her with casual unconcern, and he had no choice but to allow it. But he had no illusions about ever being comfortable with it. For the rest of his life, he would feel a stab of dread every time she walked out the door, leaving him there with his heart wide open.”

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329. “She was the guest everyone invited when they needed to blend a group of disparate personalities, just as a roux would bind soup or sauce into velvety smoothness.”

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330. “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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331. “Now the line was drawn. Lucy had never thought that one of the fiercest battles of her life would be fought over a breakfast table, with quiet words carefully chosen.”

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332. “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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333. “And I wonder how Gage knew this is what my soul has craved. He turns me to face him, his eyes searching. It occurs to me that no one in my life has ever concerned himself so thoroughly with my happiness.”

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334. “Every time I see you,” he murmured, “I think you couldn’t possibly become any more beautiful – and you always prove me wrong.”

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335. “St. Vincent was far too clever to rely on physical violence when a few well-chosen words would skewer someone with a minimum of fuss.”

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336. “Economic change is always accompanied by social change. No one can stop that.”

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337. “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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338. “Here’s your hat, and by the way, I’m a virgin.”

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339. “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.”

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340. “Daisy loved to read, having fueled her imagination with so many books that, were they laid end to end, would probably extend from one side of England to the other. She was charming, whimsical, fun-loving, but- and here was the odd thing about Daisy- she was also a solidly rational person, coming up with insights that were nearly always correct.”

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341. “I’m all tangled up in these dratted – ” she hesitated, wondering what to call the elaborate wooden curls and twists carved into the back of the settee. “ – swirladingles,” she finished. “Acanthus scrolls,” the man said at the same time. A second passed before he asked blankly, “What did you call them?” “Never mind,” Pandora said with chagrin. “I have a bad habit of making up words, and I’m not supposed to say them in public.” “Why not?” “People might think I’m eccentric.”

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342. “It was one of those silences that was far more eloquent than words.”

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343. “I want a companion who’ll go on walks with me, and sit on my lap while I pet him.” “You’ll have me for that.” Cassandra pointed to the contract. “Dog,” she insisted. “I’m afraid it’s nonnegotiable.”

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344. “Then, as now, there were always girls who were overlooked and ignored by gentlemen who really should have known better.”

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345. “I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And it’s not really marriage – not like the marriage you have with Cam – until he’s willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself.”

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346. “It was the simplest of all the rings, a polished gold band engraved with the words Tha Gad Agam Ort. “What does this mean?” she asked MacPhee. “It says, ‘My love is upon ye.”

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347. “We men had a meeting a long time ago, and we all decided, ‘It’s trousers’. And that’s what we’ve worn ever since.”

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348. “I’ve never wanted to marry,” Pandora continued. “Anyone who knows me will tell you that. When I was little, I never liked the stories about princesses waiting to be rescued. I never wished on falling stars, or pulled the petals off daisies while reciting ’he loves me, he loves me not.”

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349. “I’d agree with you, except that agreeing with you probably means I’m on the wrong side of the argument.” “-Cam Rohan.”

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350. “Simon had never forgotten the first moment that he had seen her standing outside the panorama, digging through her purse with a little pucker on her forehead. The sun had picked out streaks of gold and champagne in her light brown hair and made her skin glow. There had been something so delicious... so touchable... about her, the velvety skin and shining blue eyes, and the slight frown that he had longed to soothe away.”

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