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I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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She shook her head as she confessed, I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope. Never be afraid to hope, Rohan said gently. It's the only way to begin. -Rohan to Win
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You think I'd cheat on you? I demanded with all the innocent outrage I could muster. With another guy, no. With a cheeseburger . . . in a heartbeat.
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The earl shook his head, exhibiting a degree of frosty offense that could only be achieved by an aristocrat whose wishes had just been gainsaid. “I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined,” he said sourly.
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Can't you just tell me now? No, I need someone to eat with. A slight smile rose to my lips. Am I supposed to believe that I'm your only option? No. But you're my favorite option.
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I figured I couldn't love you as much as I do, without you feeling something for me too.
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Just you,' Hardy said when he got his breath back. 'All I want is you.
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If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness… I may. If you ask nicely.
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You won't kiss me for diamonds, he said, his voice slightly raspy, but you will for chocolates? Poppy nodded.
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Because I realized during the past few days that I can’t leave doubt in anyone’s mind about to whom you belong. Especially not yours.
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...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.
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Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds
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Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences that have formed them, what makes them happy, angry, fearful, and what they yearn for.
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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
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It's drugs, isn't it? Tara was so innocent. She got pulled into that glamorous lifestyle with all her rich friends...all that cocaine dust floating around, she probably inhaled some by accident, and then -' 'There's no such thing as secondhand cocaine snorting, Mom.
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I can't get it out, she said. Just pull at it. It hurts. It's throbbing. Pull harder. I can't! It's truly stuck. I need something to make it slippery. Do you have some sort of lubricant nearby? No. Not anything? Much as it may surprise you, we've never needed lubricant in the library before now.
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We’ll continue our discussion later. Right now I intend to escort Miss Peyton to her room.” “That is not a wise idea, in my opinion,” the earl said. “I’m glad I didn’t ask for it, then,” Simon returned pleasantly
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I realized I wasn't going to find a man until I was willing to expose myself to possible harm, to assume the risks of rejection and betrayal and heartbreak that came along with caring about someone. Someday, I promised myself, I would be ready for that kind of risk.
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