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

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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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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It would only lead to disappointment, even heartbreak, and her heart was too precious for me to let that happen.
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Both of us were quiet with the recognition that something was ending, and something was beginning.
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I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.
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Maybe he's not college-smart, but he's smart in a way they can't teach.
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From what I was able to hear, Dane said, Tara dumped off a surprise baby with your mother, who's planning to sell it on eBay. Social Services, I said. She hasn't thought of eBay yet.
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If you won’t marry me for the sake of your own honor, then do it for the sake of everyone who would have to tolerate me otherwise. Marry me because I need someone who will help me to laugh at myself. Because someone has to teach me how to whistle. Marry me, Lillian… because I have the most irresistible fascination for your ears.
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I’ve never had any objection to appearing depraved or villainous. But I draw the line at looking like a prize idiot.
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Shaw...has a woman ever asked you to write a poem for her? Good God, no, Gideon replied with a snicker. Shaws don't write poetry. They pay others to write it for them and then take the credit for it.
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...even though you said yes to the wrong man, I hope that won't cause you to say no to the right one.
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If you have to tell someone they call the shots, they're not really calling the shots.
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There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully.
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Some people there's no getting over.
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