“ Cruel to ? I'm the one you should worry about. After a conversation with her, I usually walk away with my entrails dragging behind me. Lisa Kleypas
“ You're like someone from a fairy story written in a language I don't even know.The prince, I hope.No, you're the dragon, a beautiful wicked dragon. Lisa Kleypas
“ Win, Leo said, you'll burn the house down, just after it's been rebuilt. Give me the bloody matchbox.She shook her head resolutely.Are we starting a new springtime ritual? Leo demanded. The annual bur… Lisa Kleypas
“ What did he mean, 'insatiable lust'?She hastened to explain. Well, 'insatiable' means unable to satisfy-I know that, he said in a biting tone. Why did he say that about you?Sara rolled her eyes and sh… Lisa Kleypas
“ Well, you missed out on some important protocol, Ella. You can't stand between a Texan and his power tools. We like them. Big ones that drain the national grid. We also like truck-stop breakfasts, lar… Lisa Kleypas
“ To Jack, there was nothing more powerful than a promise made over a handshake. He would have died ー literally chosen death ー before breaking his word. Lisa Kleypas
“ The problem with chasing after happiness was that it wasn't a destination you could reach. It was something that happened along the way. Lisa Kleypas
“ That drew a mocking laugh from Lillian. Really, someone should tell St. Vincent that he’s a living cliché. He has become the embodiment of everything they say about reformed rakes. Lisa Kleypas
“ Tell me about our legal issues. And use small words. I don't like to think at this hour of the morning. It hurts.~Leo to Merripen Lisa Kleypas
“ So your middle name is Heloise, he said.Yes, after the medieval French nun. My father loved her writings. In fact, it occurs to me…Héloïse was renowned for the love letters she exchanged with Abélard.… Lisa Kleypas
“ Simon, she whispered, vaguely surprised that she had just used his first name, for she had never used it even in the privacy of her thoughts. Moistening her dry lips, she tried once more, and to her a… Lisa Kleypas
“ She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring at her across the hall, Gideon Shaw, cynic, hedonist, drunkard, libertine, fell… Lisa Kleypas
“ Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife wai… Lisa Kleypas
“ One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one's own sanity. Lisa Kleypas
“ One can't help but marvel at the variety of ways that women had devised to make us look like flaming idiots. Lisa Kleypas
“ It’s a mistake, you know. You have no idea of what you’ll be exposed to…the obscenities and lewd comments, the lecherous gazes, the groping and pinching…and that’s just at my house. Imagine what it wo… Lisa Kleypas
“ It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train. Lisa Kleypas
“ If you won’t marry me for the sake of your own honor, then do it for the sake of everyone who would have to tolerate me otherwise. Marry me because I need someone who will help me to laugh at myself.… Lisa Kleypas
“ I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their own fate and those who wait in chairs while other dance. I would rather be one of the former than th… Lisa Kleypas
