Lisa Kleypas Quotes

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all - the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.

I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.

But when they needed love or help or had a problem of any kind, they could always go to Roselle because she was always there for them. That was not always the case with me.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don't mean.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.

I've been lucky to find a husband who doesn't judge my past.

Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.

You gave me back the paradise That I thought I lost for good You helped me find the reasons why It took me by surprise that you understood You knew all along What I never wanted to say Until I learned to love myself I was never ever lovin' anybody else.

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

One of the important things about marriage is to be accepted. Love is the basis of marriage, but there are many married people who have never felt accepted. Marriage is not a reformatory, and spouses need to reach out to each other without criticism or reservations. To live with a wife or husband who does not accept you is a dark valley to walk through.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

Maybe, love is always forgiveness, to a degree.

I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.

You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me.

When you love someone, you don't try to change them.

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.

My wife has taught me about unconditional love. When there's a conflict, there's never a thought that we won't work it out.

Eventually my courageous Mom did something we do all too rarely. She got on a plane and she came to see me in L.A. - this place where we'd always been told sinners lived. She came to see my gay friends.

Compatibility is an achievement of love; it shouldn't be its precondition.

Only love is consistent because only love is unconditional.

I can always forgive and forget if I care about someone.

My mum and dad were always supportive of me. They always let me express myself.