I know I'm a bad bargain. But I'm begging you to have me anyway. Because I want a chance to make you as happy as you make me. I want to build a life with you." He fought to steady his voice. "Please come to me, Cat, because there's no surviving you. You don't have to love me back. You don't have to be mine. Just let me be yours.
Lisa KleypasA man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.
Lisa KleypasIt didn't help matters that I was shy and wore glasses. I was never one to stand out in the crowd. I liked to stay in corners. And I was happiest when I was alone reading. That and the good grades I got in school had doomed any chance of being popular with my peers. So it was a foregone conclusion that boys like Hardy were never going to take notice of me.
Lisa KleypasI've always considered myself a feminist, which is such a tough word for people. Some people immediately assume that you're angry or you hate men, which is obviously not true.
Lisa KleypasYou are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, youโre as blind as a mole, youโre a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work.โ Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. โBut when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman Iโve ever known.
Lisa Kleypas