Brown-Eyed Girl Quotes

“I’m the guy who’s right for you. I may not be what you’re looking for, but I’m what you want. You’ve been alone long enough, honey. It’s time for you to wake up with a man in your bed. Time for the kind of sex that lays you out, owns you, leaves you too shaky to pour your morning coffee.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“Do I have to take a knee when I ask her?” Ryan asked.“No, but it’s traditional.” Ryan rubbed the lower half of his jaw, clearly not liking the idea. “Men used to kneel when they were being knighted,” Sofia pointed out.“Or beheaded,” Ryan said darkly.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“Sometimes you think you love someone,” I said, “but it’s really just that they’ve become a habit.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“If I ever get arrested,” I said, “you will be my one phone call. Bail me out—that’s what you can do.” “If you ever get arrested,” Sofia said, “I’ll already be in jail as your accomplice.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“You have to keep taking chances on the wrong people till you find the right one.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“Sometimes starting a relationship is the worst thing you can do to someone you love”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“Don’t waste a minute of your life,” he said. “Look for every reason you can to be happy. Don’t hold back, thinking you’ll have more time later… none of us can ever be sure about that.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“I don’t want to end up being hurt the way you’re going to hurt me. I know how these things work. You want sex and fun, and when it’s over you’ll move on, but I won’t be able to, because you’ll have broken what’s left of my heart.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“No lectures about one-night stands?”

“Of course not. As long as you use a condom, there’s nothing wrong with commitment-free pleasure. That being said, I wouldn’t advise using someone as a fuck-buddy. One of you always starts to have feelings. Expectations. Eventually someone gets hurt. So after the one-night stand, it’s better to pull the plug right away.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“Nothing interesting ever happens to people who stay in their comfort zones all the time.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl

“Mija. You know how people always say ‘You’ll find someone when you stop looking’?”

“Yes.”

“I think you’ve gotten too good at not looking. You’ve decided not to look even if the right man happens to be standing right in front of you.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Brown-Eyed Girl