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If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?Lisa Kleypas
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I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most."~ Hardy CatesLisa Kleypas
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A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.Lisa Kleypas
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Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.Lisa Kleypas
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Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.Lisa Kleypas
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You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.Lisa Kleypas
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The span of three or four minutes is pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. People lose hundreds of minutes everyday, squandering them on trivial things. But sometimes in those fragments of time, something can happen you'll remember the rest of your life.Lisa Kleypas
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What are you thinking?" he asks. I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears - so I blink hard against the sting. "I'm thinking how thankful I am for everything, " I say, "even the bad stuff. Every sleepless night, every second of being lonely, every time the car broke down, every wad of gum on my shoe, every late bill and losing lottery ticket and bruise and broken dish and piece of burnt toast." His voice is soft. "Why, darlin'?"" Because it all led me here to you.Lisa Kleypas
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Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty JonesLisa Kleypas
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Some folks are happier not being saved.Lisa Kleypas
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... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.Lisa Kleypas
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And although I appreciated their kindness more than they would ever know, it's a fact that friends last longer the less you use them.Lisa Kleypas
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Alone-sex didn't count. It's like the difference between thinking to yourself or having a good conversation with someone----the pleasure is in the exchange." -Liberty JonesLisa Kleypas
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Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.Lisa Kleypas
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A sixty - eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won't return the favor. It would be sixty-nine but he owes you one.Lisa Kleypas
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Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.Lisa Kleypas
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Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.Lisa Kleypas
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And I wonder how Gage knew this is what my soul has craved. He turns me to face him, his eyes searching. It occurs to me that no one in my life has ever concerned himself so thoroughly with my happiness.Lisa Kleypas
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Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty JonesLisa Kleypas
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His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.Lisa Kleypas
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So if you were dating the UPS guy, he could buy you whatever the hell he wanted. But I cant."well...yes, but I'd never date the UPS guy. Those brown shorts are just not a turn-on for me.Lisa Kleypas
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You're so full of it, darlin'.Lisa Kleypas
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I looked down at the brochure nearest me." We're going to Nigeria, " I threatened. "I hope you like elephant polo." -Liberty JonesLisa Kleypas
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I think you could probably thaw out a glacier, honey." -Hardy CatesLisa Kleypas
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Dating is like trying to make a meal out of leftovers. Some leftovers actually get better when they've had a little time to mature. But others should be thrown out right away, No matter how you try to warm them up, they're never as good as when they were new.Lisa Kleypas