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The audience falls in love with a leading man because he'll never belong to any of them.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Novelist
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
Men
Love
Falls
Leading
Belong
Audience
Fall
Never

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She was a beautiful woman, if not a happy one, and attracting a man was never a problem. Keeping one, however, was a different matter.
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It's like your whole life you 've been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catches you. And you realise that somehow you 've caught her at the same time. And together, instead of falling, you might be able to fly.
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Come on, Ella. Sleep green.' Ignoring him, I got into bed wearing a T-shirt and boxer shorts printed with penguins. I reached over to the nightstand and flipped off the lamp. A moment of silence, and then I heard a lecherous murmur. 'I like your penguins.
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Once he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession.
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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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You sweet…beautiful…lunatic,” he heard himself mutter.
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Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.
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You’re far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You’re far better suited as a wife.
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