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Safe men are for marrying. Dangerous men are for pleasure.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
Marrying
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Dangerous
Pleasure
Men

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Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.
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But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you.
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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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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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They (mothers-in-law) never leave when they say they will. When my mother-in-law visits, the mice throw themselves at the cat, begging to be eaten.
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I can't imagine a sweeter agony, having him so close.
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I had to wait for someone special. Someone who would make my heart feel as if it's been trampled by elephants, thrown into the amazon, and eaten by piranhas.
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In the fairy tale you mentioned last night, I would probably be the villain. But it's possible the villain would treat you far better than the prince would have.
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Separately they had different strengths. Together they were complete.
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Sometimes a simple question could have a complicated answer.
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Beatrix, do you know what happens to girls who ask such naughty questions?” “They’re ravished in haylofts?” she inquired hopefully.
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Have you ever wanted something so much that you would do anything to have it - even knowing that it was bad for you? Of course, Adam replied. All truly enjoyable things in life are invariably bad for you - and they are even better when done to excess.
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One can't help but marvel at the variety of ways that women had devised to make us look like flaming idiots.
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My peer would have to be dark-haired and handsome, a wonderful dancer... and he would never ask permission before he kissed me. -Lillian Bowman
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Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.
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I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And it’s not really marriage—not like the marriage you have with Cam—until he’s willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself.
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Why was love so easy for some people and so hard for others?
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Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.
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What did you do with memories, feelings, needs, that didn’t belong anywhere?
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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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