Lisa Kleypas Quotes About Silence

Quotes about: Silence

• A 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 Kleypas

  Mistake, Men, Thinking

• When Christopher finished, there was a moment of silence. Leo looked at Cam expectantly. “Well?” “Well what?” “Now is the time when you dredge up one of your blasted Romany sayings. Something about roosters laying eggs, or pigs dancing in the orchard. It’s what you always do. Let’s have it.” Cam gave him a sardonic glance. “I can’t think of one right now.” “By God, I’ve had to listen to hundreds of them. And Phelan doesn’t have to hear even one?

  Lisa Kleypas

  Thinking, Pigs, Eggs

• After a universal silence, Leo was the first to speak. “Did anyone else notice—” “Yes,” Catherine said. “What do you make of it?” “I haven’t decided yet.” Leo frowned and took a sip of port. “He’s not someone I would pair Bea with.” “Whom would you pair her with?” “Hanged if I know,” Leo said. “Someone with similar interests. The local veterinarian, perhaps?” “He’s eighty-three years old and deaf,” Catherine said. “They would never argue,” Leo pointed out.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Years, Silence, Three

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.157, St. Martin's Press

• ...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Silence, Answers, Bullets

• Sometimes silence was easiest, when the only word left was good-bye.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Bye, Silence, Sometimes

  Lisa Kleypas (2013). “Friday Harbor Series Books 1-4: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Rainshadow Road, Dream Lake, and Crystal Cove”, p.565, Macmillan

• Come on, Ella. Sleep green.' Ignoring him, I got into bed wearing a T-shirt and boxer shorts printed with penguins. I reached over to the nightstand and flipped off the lamp. A moment of silence, and then I heard a lecherous murmur. 'I like your penguins.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Sleep, Silence, Bed

  Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel”, p.256, Macmillan

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