Top 500 Lisa Kleypas Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.”

— Lisa Kleypas

402. “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

403. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

404. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

407. “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

408. “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

409. “You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

411. “It seemed that no matter what her faults were, he was willing to accept her for who she was, and who she was not.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

413. “Father, wouldn’t it be wonderful if hummingbirds had tea parties and we were small enough to be invited?”

— Lisa Kleypas

414. “I need you for a lot of things, Hardy. A lifetime’s worth of things.”

— Lisa Kleypas

415. “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

416. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

417. “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

418. “Oh, Daisy, it’s revolting the way I want to fawn all over him. I’m afraid I’m going to do something dreadfully silly today. Burst into song or something. For God’s sake, don’t let me.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

421. “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

422. “It is one of my failings, to love beautiful things so dearly.”

— Lisa Kleypas

423. “Did you suspect anything? Did you think the tie between us might be this close?” “No.” “I think I did, deep down. I always knew I wasn’t supposed to be alone.” Kev gave him a dour look. “This changes nothing. I’m not your family. There is no tie between us.” “Blood counts for something,” Cam replied affably. “And since the rest of my tribe has disappeared, you’re all I’ve got, phral. Just try and get rid of me.”

— Lisa Kleypas

424. “You look like a little girl when you sleep,” he murmured. “It makes me want to guard you every minute.”

— Lisa Kleypas

425. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

426. “Have you ever courted anyone, Cousin West?” Pandora asked. “Only if I was certain the lady was too intelligent ever to accept me.”

— Lisa Kleypas

427. “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

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

— Lisa Kleypas

429. “He preferred to ease his way into the day, whereas Amelia liked to fling herself at it full tilt.”

— Lisa Kleypas

430. “Holly, sweet darling, you can’t possibly think I’m going to let you go.” He gathered her against him, besieging her with kisses.”

— Lisa Kleypas

431. “I’m not that complicated, Haven. The truth is, I’ve wanted you ever since I met you in that damned wine cellar. Because I got a bigger charge out of that five minutes than I have with any woman before or since...”

— Lisa Kleypas

432. “The look of experience suited him, especially because somewhere deep in those eyes, there still lurked a dangerous invitation to play. He had a quality of masculine confidence that was a thousand times more potent than mere handsomeness. Perfect goodlooks could leave you cold, but this kind of sexy charisma went straight to your knees. -Haven Travis.”

— Lisa Kleypas

433. “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.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

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

— Lisa Kleypas

436. “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

437. “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

438. “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

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439. “Never apologize to women. It only confirms that you were wrong, and incenses them further.”

— Lisa Kleypas

440. “Well, I find a strange comfort in the fact that he wouldn’t feel this degree of animosity now, had he not loved me so much before.”

— Lisa Kleypas

441. “I think I’m in love with her. Either that, or I have a stomach disease with a side effect of uncontrollable sweating.”

— Lisa Kleypas

442. “You believe yourself to be in love with her.” “No,” Hunt countered in a relaxed manner, “I am in love with her.”

— Lisa Kleypas

443. “But it’s a fact of life that dreadful people usually end up getting far better than they deserve.”

— Lisa Kleypas

444. “From the very first time she’d been able to find the chinks in his armor.”

— Lisa Kleypas

445. “Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?”

— Lisa Kleypas

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446. “They still had the power to hurt their children from the grave.”

— Lisa Kleypas

447. “I do appreciate, Ernestine, that your first instinct is not to prevent me from doing something scandalous, but to help me get away with it.”

— Lisa Kleypas

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448. “Derek cuddled his daughter against his shoulder and spoke in a mixture of baby words and cockney, a language only she seemed to understand.”

— Lisa Kleypas

449. “The Blue Vanda hadn’t sickened in Winterborne’s care... it had thrived.”

— Lisa Kleypas

450. “Daisy gave her a speaking glance, and her sister grinned. “Never fear,” Lillian continued, “eventually we will succeed in infiltrating London society, and then we’ll marry Lord Heavydebts and Lord Shallowpockets, and finally assume our places as ladies of the manor.”

— Lisa Kleypas