Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “I felt the kind of loneliness that can happen in a roomful of people when everyone but you seems to be in on the good time.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

353. “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

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

— Lisa Kleypas

355. “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

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356. “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

357. “Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.”

— Lisa Kleypas

358. “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

359. “Whereas other clubs served the eternal beefsteak and apple tart, the lavish buffet at Jenner’s was constantly replenished with ever-more artful dishes... hot lobster salad, casserole of pheasant, prawns on pillowy beds of pureed celery root, quail stuffed with grapes and goat cheese and served in pools of cream sauce. And Evie’s favorite- a sticky flourless almond cake topped with raspberries and a thick layer of meringue.”

— Lisa Kleypas

360. “You suffered no injuries?” Two long, wet fingers hooked the top of her neckline and tugged her closer to the side of the bathtub. Sebastian’s eyes were pale, lucent blue, sparkling like winter starlight. “I may have enough of a sprain to require your services.” A smile curved her lips. “What services?” “I need a bath maid.” Catching one of her hands, he drew it down into the water. “For my hard-to-reach places.”

— Lisa Kleypas

361. “Oh, very simple,” Derek jeered. “It doesn’t matter that I was born a bastard. She deserves nothing better than a man with a false name, fine clothes, and a sham accent. It’s not important that I have no family and no religion. I don’t believe in sacred causes, or honor, or unselfish motives. I can’t be innocent enough for her. I never was. But why should that matter to her?”

— Lisa Kleypas

362. “The moment you enter the room, the earl becomes far more animated. It is obvious that he is fascinated by you. One can hardly have a conversation with him, as he is constantly straining to hear what you are saying, and watching your every movement.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

364. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

365. “When the pace of our feet matched perfectly, I felt a deep inner pang of satisfaction. I could have gone on walking like that forever, side by side with him. There had been few times in my life I had ever inhabited a moment so fully, with no loneliness lurking at the edges.”

— Lisa Kleypas

366. “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

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367. “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

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

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

370. “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

371. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

372. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

373. “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

374. “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

375. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

376. “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

377. “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

378. “You’re no longer a wallflower, nor a virgin, nor the helpless child who had to endure life with the Maybricks. You’re a viscountess with a sizable fortune, and a scoundrel of a husband. Whose rules will you adhere to now?”

— Lisa Kleypas

379. “We all have regrets,′ Leo said, taking a sip of brandy, letting the velvet fire slide down his throat. ‘It’s why I cling to my bad habits. One doesn’t have to start regretting something unless one stops doing it.”

— Lisa Kleypas

380. “In his life, he’d had more than his share of lectures, some brutal enough to leave permanent gouges in his soul. But no man had ever spoken to him quite like this- wry, honest, direct, bracing, and a bit high-handed in a way that felt oddly reassuring. Fatherly.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

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

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383. “Take your bath, pet,” he finally managed to say. “You’re safe from me tonight. I may look, but I won’t touch. Go on.”

— Lisa Kleypas

384. “You’ll always be Lachlan MacRae’s son. But you’re mine too.” A pause, and then he added hoarsely, “You can be mine too.” “Aye,” Keir whispered, while an unexpected sense of peace stole over him.”

— Lisa Kleypas

385. “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

386. “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

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

— Lisa Kleypas

388. “Aline,” he whispered, mercilessly divesting himself of all pride, “I’m afraid of what I’ll become if you won’t have me.”

— Lisa Kleypas

389. “You’d be surprised what people say across the manicure table.”

— Lisa Kleypas

390. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

391. “Say as little as possible,” Lady Berwick told the girls severely. “Remember that silence is golden.” Glancing at Pandora, she added, in your case, it’s platinum.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

393. “I didn’t know how to stop wanting him. It wasn’t that I had any hope – I knew I’d never see him again. But that didn’t stop me from comparing every other man to Hardy and finding them all lacking. I had exhausted myself loving him.”

— Lisa Kleypas

394. “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

395. “Theirs had been a complex relationship, two people who had been bound by disappointments and resentments the way others were bound by love. Helen.”

— Lisa Kleypas

396. “She heard him murmur her name, and then, to her utter astonishment, she saw him sink to his knees and felt his huge hands clutching the folds of silk at her hips. He buried his face against her midriff like an exhausted child. Shocked, Holly reached down to his dark hair. The thick, slightly curling strands were damp against her fingertips, and she stroked them lovingly. “Darling,” she whispered over and over, touching the hot nape of his neck.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

398. “Did Llandrindon kiss you?” She nodded slowly in the framework of his hands. “Just once.” Jealousy entered his voice. “Did you like it?” “I wanted to. I tried to.” She closed her eyes and turned her cheek into his palm. “But it wasn’t at all like your kisses.”

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399. “I don’t have any mottoes. If I did I would forever be contradicting them.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

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