Most lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little friend. The world would be a dismal place without you in it. (tweaked version of a passage from Scandal in Spring)
Lisa KleypasNo more Dane,โ he eventually said with unnerving finality. I tried to be funny. โI can't decide if that means you don't want me to see him again or if you're planning to kill him.โ โIt means if the first thing happens, the second thing is likely to follow.
Lisa Kleypas...she could only wait for someone, something, to free her from the invisible chains that bound her.
Lisa KleypasA 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 KleypasA woman could do that to you - reach that place in your soul where the best and worst of you was kept. And once she was there, she owned that place and never left.
Lisa KleypasBut Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, youโd still say it wasnโt enough time.โ โYouโre right. I canโt think of a single day of my life that wouldnโt have been improved with you in it.โ โDarling,โ she whispered, her fingertips coming up to stroke his jaw, โthatโs lovely. Even more romantic than comparing me to watch parts.โ Harry nipped at her finger. โAre you mocking me?โ โNot at all,โ Poppy said, smiling. โI know how you feel about gears and mechanisms.
Lisa Kleypas