Lisa Kleypas: Trending quotes (page 8)

“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.”

“No. But I understand her. Life makes people what they are.”

“I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.”

“It was often in small moments that significant things were revealed.”

“Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds”

“She had discovered that the best remedy for heartache was trying to make herself useful to others.”

“Evie ” came his faint whisper “I’m going to your mother see…she’s got ’em to leave a back door open…so I can steal into ’eaven.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Merripen, despite his fear of heights, had often climbed a ladder to wash the second floor window for her. He had wanted her view of the outside world to be clear.
He had said the sky should always be blue for her.”

“I forced myself to take another bite of bread, chewing casually. But inside I felt stricken, filled with unexpected yearning. And I realized the problem: no one I knew would have come up with that day for me., I thought,.”

“Perhaps only those who had loved and lost could appreciate this magic.”

“And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.”

“Rest against my heart. Let me watch over your dreams. And know that tomorrow morning, and every morning after that, you'll awaken next to someone who loves you.”

“I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined”

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

“I've never known anyone more ill equipped for happiness. He wouldn't know what to do with it.”

“Getting to a higher spiritual level is like increasing your credit score. You get a lot more points for sinning and repenting than if you have no credit history at all.”

“The bargain…” she mumbled.

“You said I could kiss you,” came his gentle, wicked whisper near her ear. “But, my love…you didn’t specify where.”