Lisa Kleypas Quotes About Waiting

Quotes about: Waiting

• The next time you face a room full of strangers . . . you might tell yourself that some of them are just friends waiting to be found.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Waiting, Just Friends, Might

• A lang, lang time ago…” MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, “there was a bonnie maid called Malvina. She was the betrothed of Oscar, the braw warrior who won her heart. Oscar bade his beloved tae wait for him while he went tae seek his fortune. But one black day Malvina received word that her lover had been killed in battle. He would lie forever in eternal rest in the faraway hills…lost in endless slumber…” “God, I envy him,” St. Vincent said feelingly, rubbing his own dark-circled eyes.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Lying, Eye, Heart

  Lisa Kleypas (2011). “The Devil In Winter: Number 3 in series”, p.19, Hachette UK

• Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. Who do you think should do the damned account books?" And, with a nonchalant wave, St. Vincent had left the office.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Book, Home, Men

  Lisa Kleypas (2007). “Mine Till Midnight”, p.21, Macmillan

• Over the years I’ve collected a thousand memories of you, every glimpse, every word you’ve ever said to me. All those visits to your family’s home, those dinners and holidays—I could hardly wait to walk through the front door and see you.” The corners of his mouth quirked with reminiscent amusement. “You, in the middle of that brash, bull-headed lot…I love watching you deal with your family. You’ve always been everything I thought a woman should be. And I have wanted you every second of my life since we first met.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Memories, Home, Holiday

• I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their own fate and those who wait in chairs while other dance. I would rather be one of the former than the latter.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Believe, Fate, Two

• I had to wait for someone special. Someone who would make my heart feel as if it's been trampled by elephants, thrown into the amazon, and eaten by piranhas.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Heart, Elephants, Waiting

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.165, Macmillan

• You've always asked me to wait, as if we had time in abundance. But time is too precious, Perry. We've wasted years, when we could have been with each other. Don't you understand how much even one day of loving each other is worth? Some people are separated by distances they can never cross. All they can do is dream about each other for a lifetime, never having what they want most. How foolish, how wasteful to have love within your reach and not take it!" She clamped her teeth on her trembling bottom lip to steady herself

  Lisa Kleypas

  Dream, Distance, Loving Life

• ...she could only wait for someone, something, to free her from the invisible chains that bound her.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Waiting, Invisible, Chains

• Girlfriend, if you're waiting for a fairy godmother to show up with a dress and a ride, you're not going to make it to the party.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Girlfriend, Party, Waiting

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.447, St. Martin's Press

• Sam was waiting for her,his gaze sweeping over her. "Looks great." "I look like a geek," Lucy said. "I smell like a brewery. And I need a bra." "My dream date.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Dream, Smell, Waiting

  Lisa Kleypas (2012). “Rainshadow Road”, p.59, Macmillan

• Sometimes you meet a really nice guy, but no matter how you try, you can't seem to make yourself want him. But that's not nearly as bad as when you meet the wrong guy, and you can't make yourself not want him. You feel hollow inside, just waiting and wishing and dreaming. You feel like every moment is leading to something so amazing that there's no name for it, and if you could just get there with him, it would be such a...relief. It would be all you'd ever need.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Dream, Nice, Names

• ... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. “I don't want to leave you,” he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands. Emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. “I'll never see you again, will I?” He shook his head. “Not in this lifetime,” he said hoarsely. She pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. “Then I'll wait a hundred years,” she whispered. “Or a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I'll be waiting for you to come to me.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Fall, Bye, Hands

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