Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “I’d agree with you, except that agreeing with you probably means I’m on the wrong side of the argument.” “-Cam Rohan.”

— Lisa Kleypas

352. “The earl shook his head, exhibiting a degree of frosty offense that could only be achieved by an aristocrat whose wishes had just been gainsaid. “I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined,” he said sourly.”

— Lisa Kleypas

353. “Marcus’s fear that his wife might succumb to childbed fever receded day by day as Lillian returned to her old self, healthy and slender and vigorous. His relief was vast. He had never known such overwhelming love for one person, nor had he anticipated that Lillian would so quickly become his essential requirement for happiness. Anything that was in his power to do for Lillian would be done.”

— Lisa Kleypas

354. “It seemed as if some subtle current of recognition had passed between them... not as if they had met before... but as if they had come close several times until finally an impatient Fate had forced their paths to intersect.”

— Lisa Kleypas

355. “I’ve never been convinced that everything in a relationship needs to be talked about. Some things can’t be fixed by a conversation.”

— Lisa Kleypas

356. “A man who wants trouble can find it anywhere.”

— Lisa Kleypas

357. “My parents never said it. They thought you shouldn’t wear out the words.”

— Lisa Kleypas

358. “He leaned over her shoulder, until his mouth was at her tingling ear. “Perhaps I’ll appear at your window one midnight,” he whispered, “to tempt you for a ride across earth and ocean.”

— Lisa Kleypas

359. “Devlin’s disarming blue eyes were set in a face of such perfect masculine beauty that it should have come from a painting or a sculpture. Yet there was nothing aristocratic about his looks. He possessed an earthiness, a sensuality, that was impossible to ignore. If he resembled an angel, it was a fallen one.”

— Lisa Kleypas

360. “I have come to realize you can never be truly happy unless you’ve known some sorrow.”

— Lisa Kleypas

361. “Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.”

— Lisa Kleypas

362. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

363. “You can’t love someone new without getting over the last one.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

365. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

366. “Bychan: little one Cariad: sweetheart, beloved one Annwyl:.”

— Lisa Kleypas

367. “If I ever get arrested,” I said, “you will be my one phone call. Bail me out – that’s what you can do.” “If you ever get arrested,” Sofia said, “I’ll already be in jail as your accomplice.”

— Lisa Kleypas

368. “Thank God you know what labels to affix to people. It would be so inconvenient to have to judge them individually.”

— Lisa Kleypas

369. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

370. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

371. “There’s nothing convenient about joining your life to another person’s. Marriage is a sack race: you may find a way to hop together toward the finish line, but you would still reach it more easily without the sack.”

— Lisa Kleypas

372. “He’s a man, dear,” Amelia explained kindly. “Sustained thinking is very difficult for them.” “As opposed to women,” Leo retorted, “who have the remarkable ability to make decisions without doing any thinking at all.”

— Lisa Kleypas

373. “Infuriated to the point of speechlessness, Kathleen glared at him while Helen discreetly pried the butter knife from her clenched fingers.”

— Lisa Kleypas

374. “I like that much better. I’ll call you Dragon.”

— Lisa Kleypas

375. “The glittering light of eight chandeliers was reflected in her upturned eyes, filling them with tiny sparks that made the blue irises look like a starry summer midnight. She was staring at him with an intensity that she had never shown before, as if she yearned for something she might never have. The look disquieted him, eliciting a powerful need to satisfy her in any way possible. Whatever she might have asked him for in that moment, he would have given without a qualm.”

— Lisa Kleypas

376. “I didn’t think there was any way to convince Jack that he wanted more than I had to give, that to people who’d been damaged the way I had been, fear and the will to survive would always be more powerful than attachment. I could only love in a limited way.”

— Lisa Kleypas

377. “If I listened to your advice, I’d be making your mistakes instead of my own.”

— Lisa Kleypas

378. “Daisy,” Westcliff said gently, “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 Daisy Bowman in it.”

— Lisa Kleypas

379. “Start behaving like the mature woman you are, and acknowledge the fact that you have flaws. And give the poor devil a chance to prove that he can love you regardless.”

— Lisa Kleypas

380. “Maybe he’s not college-smart, but he’s smart in a way they can’t teach.”

— Lisa Kleypas

381. “Marriage would change hardly anything between us, except that we would end our arguments in a much more satisfying way. And of course I would have extensive legal rights over your body, your property, and all your individual freedoms, but I don’t see what’s so alarming about that.”

— Lisa Kleypas

382. “You may not know this, but talking about mathematics eliminates any possibility of being kissed in the first place.”

— Lisa Kleypas

383. “Having your own church doesn’t make you a good guy. It only makes you tax-exempt.”

— Lisa Kleypas

384. “Holly’s presence in their lives offered a kind of grace neither of them had ever known before. A reminder of innocence. Something happened to you, they discovered, when you were given the unconditional love and trust of a child. You wanted to try to deserve it.”

— Lisa Kleypas

385. “He seemed to read her thoughts easily, as if she were a treasured volume he had paged through a thousand times.”

— Lisa Kleypas

386. “For the first time in his life, he was beginning to recognize that true passion was not easily satisfied, that there was a difference between the needs of his cock and the organ that resided two feet above it. It was not a welcome discovery.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

388. “Without thinking, Lillian let out a few curse words that caused Evie to blanch. One of Lillian’s more questionable accomplishments was the ability to swear as fluently as a sailor, acquired from much time spent with her grandmother, who had worked as a washwoman at the harbor docks.”

— Lisa Kleypas

389. “Heart of my heart, you need no man to give you away. Just come to me of your own free will. Love me for who I am... just as I love you for who you are... and our bond will last until the stars lose their shining.”

— Lisa Kleypas

390. “Stopping before them, St. Vincent confided, “I would have found you sooner, but I was attacked by a swarm of dingy-dippers.”

— Lisa Kleypas

391. “You’re not worried about being compromised, are you?” he asked. “Because I’ve already done that.”

— Lisa Kleypas

392. “A whirlwind of panic swept through her as Derek stripped off his white shirt. She switched her gaze to the floor, but not before she had seen how large and formidable his body was, his torso heavily muscled, his chest covered with thick black hair. Silvery scars marked his skin, legacies of his life in the rookery. He was a man of vast experience. All that was new and frightening to her was commonplace to him.”

— Lisa Kleypas

393. “They exchanged a brief grin and Westcliff left the room. “Arrogant, high-handed creature,” Lillian remarked, her smile lingering as she watched the earl’s departure. “God, I adore him.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

395. “You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.”

— Lisa Kleypas

396. “She’s mine, he had said... and her heart had throbbed in answer... recognizing it as truth.”

— Lisa Kleypas

397. “You know, Marks, if you ever learned to hold your tongue, your chances of attracting a man would rise exponentially.” Her eyes narrowed. “Why would I want to attract a man? I have yet to see anything they’re good for.” “If for nothing else,” Leo said, “you need us to help produce more women.”

— Lisa Kleypas

398. “I want to make you scream and claw and faint in my arms,” he whispered, his masculine bristle scraping against her skin.”

— Lisa Kleypas

399. “In defense of geeks,” Justine said, “they’re great in bed. They fantasize a lot, so they’re really creative. And they love to play with gadgets.”

— Lisa Kleypas

400. “I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.”

— Lisa Kleypas