“ I was ripe ten years ago. Now I’m merely preserved, and before long I’ll be buried back in the orchard with the other pits.-Amanda to Jack Lisa Kleypas
“ I reflected that for all the people you lost touch with or couldn't hold on to, life occasionally made up for it by giving you the right person at the right time. Lisa Kleypas
“ 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
“ He was so far from the gallant knights in her romantic fantasies ... He was tarnished, scarred, imperfect.Deliberately he had destroyed any illusions she might have had about him, exposing his mysteri… Lisa Kleypas
“ He had found my worst weakness: I was one of those people who was desperate to be needed, to matter to someone. Lisa Kleypas
“ Daisy has a unique spirit. A warm and romantic nature. If she is forced into a loveless marriage, she will be devastated. She deserves a husband who will cherish her for everything she is, and who wil… Lisa Kleypas
“ Daisy had known the novel was silly even as she had read it, but that had not detracted one bit from her enjoyment. Lisa Kleypas
“ Coming forward with a placating smile, Win handed him a piece of paper. Of course we would never want to force you into a loveless marriage, dear. But we have put together a list of prospective brides… Lisa Kleypas
“ Can't you just tell me now?No, I need someone to eat with.A slight smile rose to my lips. Am I supposedto believe that I'm your only option?No. But you're my favorite option. Lisa Kleypas
“ But when you started dating someone, you could never be sure what you were getting into. You had to give someone a chance to show you who he really was . . . and believe him when he did. Lisa Kleypas
“ Before you marry, you have to get shot by an arrow and fall in love, the boy explained. He paused thoughtfully. But I don’t think the rest of it hurts as much as the beginning. Lisa Kleypas
“ Beatrix puts a distance between herself and the rest of the world. She’s very engaging, but also quite private in nature. I see the same qualities in Captain Phelan.Yes, Amelia said. You’re absolutely… Lisa Kleypas
“ As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. My lord, there is something I would like to discuss with you.Marcus adopted a pleasantly enc… Lisa Kleypas
“ Any man, she muttered, who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away in an institution.Marriage is an institution, he said. Lisa Kleypas
“ A man is not entitled to be called a father merely because he once had a well-timed spasm of the loins. Lisa Kleypas
“ It was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet. Lisa Kleypas
“ You could run to the farthest corners of the earth. There's no place you could go where I wouldn't love you. Nothing you could do to stop me. Lisa Kleypas
