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Maybe he's not college-smart, but he's smart in a way they can't teach.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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I've got about ten things to say to you right now. But at least nine of them would make me sound like a psycho.” In spite of the seriousness of the situation, I nearly smiled. “What’s the tenth thing?” I asked his shirtfront. He paused, considering it. “Never mind,” he grumbled. “That one would make me sound like a psycho, too.
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The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.
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I love you, Marks. My heart is completely and utterly yours. And unfortunately for you, the rest of me comes with it.
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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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No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst, that it inevitably changes.
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Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.
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I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.
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The smarter you are, the more reasons you have to be miserable.
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But I think if it's the right person, you wouldn't have to work so hard at intimacy. I think—hope—it would just happen naturally. Otherwise, opening up to the wrong person... I made a face. Like putting ammo in their hands.
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He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?” “Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.” Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.
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These impossible women! How they do get around us!
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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.
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The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.
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I didn't know how to stop wanting him. It wasn't that I had any hope—I knew I'd never see him again. But that didn't stop me from comparing every other man to Hardy and finding them all lacking. I had exhausted myself loving him.
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That is kind of you, my lord. But I will never dance with you.' Which, of course, made it the goal of Leo's life.
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I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life
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You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.
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It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. It was a kiss to make angels faint and demons weep...a passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss that nearly knocked the earth off its axis.
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Sometimes when we're not paying attention, relation-ships happen. There is no rule that requires two people in love to be exactly alike.
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A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.
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