Suddenly You Quotes

“Set the world afire. Just let me hand you the matches.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You

“He took his mouth from hers and stared down at her with eyes so dark they no longer looked blue. “Amanda, do you trust me?”

“Of course not,” she said. “I don’t know the first thing about you.”

Laughter rustled from his chest. “Sensible woman.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You

“Rather than argue, Amanda smiled at him. “And then what will you do while your son or daughter is in charge of your store and your companies?”

“I’ll spend my days and nights pleasing you,” he said. “It’s a challenging occupation, after all.” He laughed and dodged as she went to swat his attractive backside.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You

“It has to be now,” he insisted, a flick of amusement in his voice. He nudged his burgeoning loins against her. “After all, you can’t allow me to go around like this all day.”

“From what I’ve learned so far, this is your natural condition,” came her pert reply.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You

“His expression was infused with lust and adoration as he lowered his head to kiss her throat, his tongue venturing into the little spaces between the diamonds and round opals. “Why can’t you see yourself as I see you?”

-Jack to Amanda”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You

“Sweet,” he whispered, and stole a kiss from her lips. “Sweet… let me stay with you a little longer.”

-Jack to Amanda”
― Lisa Kleypas, Suddenly You

“Sometimes the only difference between life and death is the ability to retain the smallest scrap of hope.”
― Lisa Kleypas

“Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.

And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?”
― Lisa Kleypas

“Yes, something [book] to transport your mind from where and who and what you are. Everyone needs that. A time or two in my past, it seemed that a book was the only thing that stood between me and near insanity.”
― Lisa Kleypas

“First of all, there is no need to patronize me by implying that I'm Helen of Troy when it's clear that I'm no beauty.”
― Lisa Kleypas

“Evidently you think I'm a fool who will easily succumb to flattery, or else your standards are quite low.”
― Lisa Kleypas