Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “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?”

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352. “The right words can bind someone more effectively than chains.”

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353. “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.”

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354. “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.”

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355. “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.”

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356. “I stand by my opinions when I know I’m right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you’re stubborn.”

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

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

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

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

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362. “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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363. “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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364. “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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365. “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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366. “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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367. “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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368. “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.”

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369. “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?”

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370. “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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371. “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.”

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372. “Evie, Duchess of Kingston, had spent a perfectly wonderful afternoon with her three closest friends at Lord Westcliff’s estate. Long ago, she had met Annabelle, Lillian, and Daisy during her first London Season, when they had been a group of wallflowers sitting in chairs at the side of the ballroom. While becoming acquainted, it had occurred to them that instead of competing for gentlemen’s attentions, they would do better to help each other, and so a lifelong friendship had blossomed.”

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373. “You know what it is you smell on him, Haven? Testosterone. It’s leaking out of his pores.”

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374. “Obviously he’s courting the entire family,” West told her. “I can’t speak for everyone else, but I for one feel thoroughly wooed.”

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375. “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.”

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376. “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

377. “He should never have allowed himself to accept Daisy’s challenge, should never have stayed and played that bloody game for hours. It was just that Daisy had been so adorable, and while they played her attention had been focused entirely on him, and that had been too much temptation to withstand. She was the most provoking, beguiling woman he had ever met. Thunderstorms and rainbows wrapped together in a convenient pocket-sized parcel.”

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378. “You’ll have to think of a way to solve this, Evie. Think of something fast... because otherwise... ” He paused to nip hungrily at her ear, “... otherwise I’m about to screw you senseless.”

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

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

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

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382. “I’m not going to ask a thousand people for their opinions,” Phoebe said evenly. “Only one opinion is required, and it happens to be mine.” She went to the doorway and paused, unable to resist adding, “That’s leadership.”

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383. “In the past few years it had become a rare luxury for all of them to be together at once, especially since Daisy stayed in America with her husband, Matthew, for long periods of time. The trips were necessary for both of them: Matthew was a successful business entrepreneur, and Daisy was a successful novelist with a publisher in New York as well as London.”

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384. “I want us to be faithful to each other,” she said gravely. “From this day forward.” There was a brief silence, a hesitation born not of doubt, but awareness. As if their vows were being heard and witnessed by some unseen presence. Merripen’s chest rose and fell in a long, deep breath. “I’ll be faithful to you,” he said. “Forever.” “So will I.” “Promise also that you’ll never leave me again.” Win lifted her hand from the center of his chest and pressed a kiss there. “I promise.”

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385. “I cry too easily,” she said in vexation. “I always have. I hate it.” “Why?” “It shows weakness.” “It shows strength,” he said. “Stoic people are the weak ones.”

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386. “I’m shocked,” St. Vincent said gravely, “but I’ll recover.” Looking around them as if to ascertain that he wouldn’t be overheard, he whispered conspiratorially, “I’m not really a gentleman, you know.”

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387. “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.”

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388. “He loved the colors of her, pink and mauve and ivory, all washed in light. The glistening tumble of her hair held the colors of autumn: chestnut, maple, russet, umber.”

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389. “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.”

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

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392. “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.”

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393. “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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394. “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.”

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

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

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397. “The truth is, you can never really know a man until you’ve loaned him money. And you can never know a woman until you’ve slept in her bed.”

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398. “I went to the tray on the bed-table and picked up the Vicodin tablets the nurse had been trying to get him to take, along with a cup of water. “Take these,” I said. “No arguing.” He obeyed, shooting a glance at the nurse, whose eyebrows were slightly raised. “She’s little,” he told her, “but she’s mean.”

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399. “Beatrix had met Christopher Phelan on two occasions, the first at a local dance, where she had judged him to be the most arrogant man in Hampshire. The next time she had met him was at a picnic, where she had revised her opinion: he was the most arrogant man in the entire world.”

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

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