One of the blessings human beings take for granted is the ability to remember pain without re-feeling it. The pain of the physical wounds is long gone โฆand the other kind of hurt, the damage done to our spirits, has been healed. We are careful with those scarred places in each other.
Lisa KleypasThere were times in life when you had to take a risk that might end in failure. Because otherwise you would be haunted by what you hadnโt done... the paths you hadnโt taken, the things you hadnโt experienced.
Lisa KleypasI carry thoughts of you like my own personal constellation. How far away you are, my dearest friend, but no farther than those fixed stars in my soul.
Lisa KleypasOnce he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession.
Lisa KleypasYou told me you believed marriage was for other people." "You're the only man who could make me believe that it's for me, too. Although when you get down to it, love is what's real. I still say marriage is just a piece of paper." Jack smiled. "Let's find out," he said, and he pulled me down to the bed with him. Jack & Ella
Lisa Kleypas