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I'm not the marrying kind - St. Vincent snorted. No man is. Marriage is a female invention.
Lisa Kleypas
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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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But we have to find ways of compromising when we disagree on something. You know what compromise is, right? Uh-huh. It's when you don't get to have everything your way and I don't get to have everything my way, and no one's happy.
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You aristocratic ladies and your gold-plated twats. You always think it's such a honor for me to touch you. He surveyed her with mocking green eyes. You think you're the first high-kick wench I've ever had? I used to have blue-blooded bitches like you pay me to do this. You've gotten it for free.
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The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.
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My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill from there. You're always having to live up to that first impression, which was just an illusion.
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I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving away the people I most wanted. Finally I had realized that getting someone to love you was like trying to coax a bird to perch on your finger . . . it wouldn't happen unless you stopped trying so hard.
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Bending his head over hers, Leo murmured, When I give you away at the altar, Bea, I want you to remember something. I'm not really giving you away. I'm merely allowing him the chance to love you as much as the rest of us do.
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Easy, Marks,' he whispered. 'One of us has to have some self-control, and it really should be you.
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