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“Living alone,' November whispered, 'is a skill, like running long distance or programming old computers. You have to know parameters, protocols. You have to learn them so well that they become like a language: to have music always so that the silence doesn't overwhelm you, to perform your work exquisitely well so that your time is filled. You have to allow yourself to open up until you are the exact size of the place you live, no more or else you get restless. No less, or else you drown. There are rules; there are ways of being and not being.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Palimpsest

“A man can see a hundred women, lust for a thousand more, but it is one scent that will open his eyes and turn him to love.”
― C.S. Richardson, The End of the Alphabet

“I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“I did it again. Lying guilty in a hotel room for a woman I will fail for.”
― J.M. August

“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 …and 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 Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“He liked cheap women, fast cars, late nights, and hard liquor, especially all together. In Jack's view, you are obliged to sin on Saturday night so you'd have something to atone for Sunday morning. Otherwise, you'd be putting the preacher out of business. ”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“The look of experience suited him, especially because somewhere deep in those eyes, there still lurked a dangerous invitation to play. He had a quality of masculine confidence that was a thousand times more potent than mere handsomeness. Perfect goodlooks could leave you cold, but this kind of sexy charisma went straight to your knees. -Haven Travis”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“I told him I had always kept my inner Martha Stewart chained in the basement, but for his sake I would set her loose.”

~ Haven Travis”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“But sometimes normal just isn't happening. Sometimes crazy feels too good to resist.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“To Jack, there was nothing more powerful than a promise made over a handshake. He would have died ー literally chosen death ー before breaking his word.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“But it was too late now. A lifetime too late. A million wishes too late.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Sometimes a simple question could have a complicated answer.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“But when you started dating someone, you could never be sure what you were getting into. You had to give someone a chance to show you who he really was . . . and believe him when he did.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving away the people I most wanted. Finally I had realized that getting someone to love you was like trying to coax a bird to perch on your finger . . . it wouldn't happen unless you stopped trying so hard.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Sometimes I'm not nice for a reason. It's a way to find out what someone's made of.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Make your choice and accept the consequences.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Falling hard and fast. And there didn't seem to be a thing I could do about it.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“He had found my worst weakness: I was one of those people who was desperate to be needed, to matter to someone.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Sometimes an imitation of love can be pretty damn convincing.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Because letting someone in close meant they could hurt you. I knew all about that kind of fear. I lived with it.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Dad," I said hesitantly, "I wish you could be there for me even when I'm doing the wrong thing. I wish you could love me even when I'm screwing up.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“I need you for a lot of things, Hardy. A lifetime's worth of things.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“He was my confidant, the person who was always on my side even when he wasn't taking my side.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“His quiet certainty made the ground beneath my feet feel solid. Like someday everything might actually be okay.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Maybe he's not college-smart, but he's smart in a way they can't teach.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“Do you think I should stay away from him?"
I asked in a scratchy voice.
Todd took a long time to answer. "My advice is, if you're inclined in that direction, go with your eyes open. It's okay to let someone play you, Haven, as long as you know what's going on.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil