More Lisa Mantchev

Words are like the delicate stitches in the dress you wear, holding the fabric of the garmet togethe...
LISA MANTCHEV My dearest Miss Farthing, will you do me the unutterable honor of wearing this cheap bit of metal th...
LISA MANTCHEV Maybe I didn't try as hard as I ought when he started calling you
names. Serves him right, the...
LISA MANTCHEV About the time he threatened her nose with his finger, Peaseblossom lost her grip on the situation w...
LISA MANTCHEV Peaseblossom-decorous, proper Peaseblossom-dropped her trousers to waggle her naked, pale bottom at ...
LISA MANTCHEV The only reason I'm friends with any of you is because I outgrew the von Trapps, one annoying Austri...
LISA MANTCHEV Could we wear spandex and blow things up?
LISA MANTCHEV It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fairy in possesion of a good appetite must be in want ...
LISA MANTCHEV Mustardseed grinned at Bertie. "I was never any good at geometry, but you’re stuck in a love trian...
LISA MANTCHEV I have flown and fallen, and I have swum deep and drowned, but there should be more to love than "I ...
LISA MANTCHEV We'll find paradise together, whatever form that might take.
LISA MANTCHEV It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
LISA MANTCHEV The collar had restrained his winds but not killed them. They uncoiled from behind the shadows, read...
LISA MANTCHEV He dodged remarkably fast for a melancholy introvert.
LISA MANTCHEV This has been such a Monday! I wish I stayed in bed, and I wish that yesterday had never happ...
LISA MANTCHEV I may hold ye at arm's length....But I want ye t' be mine an' mine alone. - Nate to Bertie, as they ...
LISA MANTCHEV I always know that I can make it no matter what I go through. Because Jesus said, "during the worst ...
LISA Do not measure a relationship by your hearts desires, but only what you perceive through vision alon...
LISA Never take advice from someone who is swift to speak and slow to listen, or swift to listen and slow...
LISA Mr. Trump, I really can't comment, because he was my boss on 'Celebrity Apprentice,' and...
LISA LAMPANELLI It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.
LISA BONET Our hunting areas are the grocery store.
LISA MURKOWSKI I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while...
LISA BONET

The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and bro...
LISA LOEB

I like to browse in Cartier, Chanel and Gucci and if something special grabs my eye I splash out.
LISA SNOWDON On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in th...
LISA KUDROW

I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles...
LISA SEE When you put in place regulations that are so burdensome, so tough, so much so that they cripple you...
LISA MURKOWSKI One of the things I like to do during an 'overhaul' revision is bust out my highlighters and...
LISA GRAFF From 2002-2008, Planned Parenthood received $342 million in federal taxpayer money through Title X f...
LISA MURKOWSKI Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primaril...
LISA BONET I hate that bookstores are closing. Hate it! What's better than hanging out a bookstore, be it i...
LISA JACKSON Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very important.
LISA HOFFMAN Your brand is your public identity, what you're trusted for. And for your brand to endure, it ha...
LISA GANSKY I live for the blank page.
LISA UNGER

Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibilit...
LISA WINGATE

Surely you would have expected no less of a Roma. We take what we want. If a Roma desires a woman, h...
LISA KLEYPAS

A pity that she gets so upset about little things, isn't it?"
"Like the time we sneaked the gre...
LISA KLEYPAS

Ah, Evie,” she heard him say softly, “I must have a heart, after all…because right now it ache...
LISA KLEYPAS

We hug, but there are no tears. For every awful thing that's been said and done, she is my sister. P...
LISA SEE

May and I are sisters. We'll always fight, but we'll always make up as well. That's what sisters do:...
LISA SEE

Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your ent...
LISA SEE

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time ...
LISA KLEYPAS

Was it hard?" I ask.
Letting go?"

Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't...
LISA SCHROEDER

A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldnes...
LISA KLEYPAS

I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to belie...
LISA KLEYPAS

When you meet someone so different from yourself, in a good way, you don't even have to kiss to have...
LISA SCHROEDER

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself ...
LISA KLEYPAS

When you can inspire a muse, you've got it going on.
LISA KESSLER

Vegard and Riston's job today was to guard and protect me. And considering that I was in a tower roo...
LISA SHEARIN

You think I'd cheat on you?" I demanded with all the innocent outrage I could muster.

"Wi...
LISA KLEYPAS

Do you like that?” he whispered.
“Yes, I…” She fought to speak between helpless gasps....
LISA KLEYPAS

Hell was not a pit of fire and brimstone. Hell was waking up alone, the sheets wet with your tears a...
LISA KLEYPAS

The trick was forgetting about what she had lost ...and learning to go on with what she had left.
LISA KLEYPAS

Cabel gives her a quizzical look. "I am totally not getting enough attention here.
LISA MCMANN

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a b...
LISA KIRK

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you...
LISA ALTHER

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of c...
LISA ALTHER

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
LISA MORIYAMA I'm the world's least happy atheist. I miss having religious faith, but trying to have it seems like...
LISA WILLIAMS

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted th...
LISA KLEYPAS People with HIV and AIDS are nothing to be afraid of. They are people just like every single one of ...
LISA LAMPANELLI I spent a lot of time feeling alienated and rejected.
LISA BONET Keep in mind, our demographics of our state, how it breaks down in terms of political affiliation: o...
LISA MURKOWSKI I have no affectation when I speak.
LISA KUDROW

There are so many kids in this world, and in this country, that need homes. And so we're perfect...
LISA LING I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they'...
LISA SCOTTOLINE

Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods...
LISA EDELSTEIN I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard be...
LISA SCOTTOLINE Alaskans need some certainty and clarity over how the Pebble Partnership intends to proceed. I under...
LISA MURKOWSKI RelayRides and WhipCar, AirBnB, Roomorama and One Fine Stay are all stellar examples of how new, acc...
LISA GANSKY

By learning about my body and making small, subtle changes, I find out what I enjoy and what is effe...
LISA EDELSTEIN

You have principles. You test them as accurately as you can. Eventually, they might break down.
LISA RANDALL

The best education I have ever received was through travel.
LISA LING

On long haul flights I always drink loads and loads of water and eat light and healthy food.
LISA SNOWDON

I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We l...
LISA WHELCHEL

When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?
LISA LOEB Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets ...
LISA LESLIE All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. ...
LISA GARDNER A brand is a voice and a product is a souvenir.
LISA GANSKY

There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace.
LISA WHELCHEL

There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.
LISA LING I don't know what to do with myself when it's sunny!
LISA HANNIGAN

The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a...
LISA LOEB

I fancy myself as being a fairly competent person.
LISA LING

I started running when I was 21 years old and studying in China.
LISA LING

I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about...
LISA LING

My husband and I try to spend some time every night that I'm home talking without distractions.
LISA LING

One of the most important things I'm glad we did and am proud of is that we don't have any r...
LISA LING

I think that's something people need to convey because you see all these celebrity moms out ther...
LISA LING

I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my ...
LISA LING

I honestly never had the biological need to reproduce until I met my husband. But by the same token,...
LISA LING

I hope my desire to travel so much isn't forever because it's not the most conducive lifesty...
LISA LING

When you take the time to understand why your parents did the things they did, you stand a good chan...
LISA LING

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail. I'm a big...
LISA LING

My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.
LISA LING

We are such a product of our upbringing and environment.
LISA LING

I never run hills. My quads are already big enough. I don't run to build muscle; I do it for car...
LISA LING

Our time on Earth is so random.
LISA LING

I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, 'Another box arrived!' Airplanes used ...
LISA LING

We live in a culture where we're bombarded with so much noise and so much insecurity.
LISA LING

It is said that the way to prevent obesity is not to allow kids to become overweight in the first pl...
LISA LING

I don't remember my first trip, but I do remember when my mom took me to Disney World in Orlando...
LISA LING

People are starting to know more about it, but I was blown away by Almaty, Kazakhstan. It's like...
LISA LING For me, it's all about channeling the mistakes I've made and just saying all the things I wi...
LISA BLATT Read. Read until your eyes are sore. Then read some more.
LISA BLOOM

Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a s...
LISA KLEYPAS Some of history's cleverest business minds understood the power of share platforms, from the agg...
LISA GANSKY

I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my youn...
LISA LOEB

I respect you," he murmured. "and your views. I think of you as an equal. I respect your brains, and...
LISA KLEYPAS There are times when you need to pitch a fit and other times when you need to apply Catholic guilt, ...
LISA MURKOWSKI Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.
LISA UNGER Insurance and funding traditionally drive capital investment. But in a world based on access, not ow...
LISA GANSKY After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor ca...
LISA JAKUB

At work, we have fantastic catering people. They feed the cast and crew all day, and they're sen...
LISA EDELSTEIN

I use my cell phone as much as I can - I talk to friends all the time. I'm like 2,000 hours a mo...
LISA LOEB South Africa is the only place in the Southern hemisphere where Halloween is really catching on. The...
LISA MORTON It’s like I’m suddenly a hormonally charged teenager or living in a bad romance novel: I suddenl...
LISA DAILY My mother, at sixty, is one of those classic beauties: all neck and cheekbones, sharp lines that hid...
LISA LUTZ

Between the sisters' joined hands, the pressure of their pulses mingled in steady throbs. Daisy was ...
LISA KLEYPAS

I'd gone to Wellesley College, an amazing women's college where the students were encouraged...
LISA KLEYPAS

A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sus...
LISA KLEYPAS

Dear Deborah,

Words do not come easily for so many men. We are taught to be strong, to...
LISA WINGATE We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is-which is ultimately making another...
LISA KUDROW And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, b...
LISA SCOTTOLINE Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don'...
LISA BONET Parents are working more than ever before and unable to monitor what kids are eating at home, and sc...
LISA LING People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up...
LISA SEE I keep getting asked out by really young, good looking boys and really ugly lesbians. So, even if I ...
LISA LAMPANELLI Music makes or breaks an atmosphere. It helps to create the mood and also is a very important aural ...
LISA VANDERPUMP I've played every comedy club and every theatre across the country for the last 25 years and see...
LISA LAMPANELLI 'Await Your Reply' by Dan Chaon. I've always been obsessed with the idea of disappearing...
LISA LUTZ With the notion of marriage - an exclusive, emotional, binding 'til death do you part' tie -...
LISA MURKOWSKI Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than...
LISA LING I didn't feel a strong bond with the parents who raised me, and I had anything but a happy child...
LISA LUTZ I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.
LISA GARDNER In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5t...
LISA MORTON A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.
LISA MURKOWSKI Physicists are interested in measuring neutrino properties because they tell us about the structure ...
LISA RANDALL My love of baking might have originated with my grandmother. She had a lemon tree growing in her bac...
LISA GRAFF We still have billions of barrels in Alaska that sit untapped. There are abundant reserves offshore ...
LISA MURKOWSKI I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprou...
LISA EDELSTEIN 'Baywatch' sucks so bad. I didn't watch it the first time around; I'm sure not going...
LISA LAMPANELLI It's a particular skill, I think, doing backing vocals. You're blending the vocals between t...
LISA HANNIGAN With my daughter, we do arts and crafts, we read a lot, we listen to music, and we cut the strings o...
LISA LOEB I have always had a ridiculous fear that I will walk into the bathroom one morning and find a python...
LISA GRAFF Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, and to mathematics, and to other fields of s...
LISA RANDALL In Beverly Hills, it's very spoiled in terms of the quality of life. I think the climate and the...
LISA VANDERPUMP Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I&...
LISA LING If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for - someone to whom you want to write anoth...
LISA JAKUB For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.
LISA LESLIE I'm also interested in pets with alopecia. And design. I'm surprised I haven't gone thro...
LISA VANDERPUMP I really like Kickstarter because you don't have to be a Medici to fund the arts and sciences or...
LISA GANSKY Damn it. What are we exactly calling a 'masculine problem'? Did he have trouble running the flag up?...
LISA KLEYPAS If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.
LISA KLEYPAS I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, ...
LISA ALTHER I grab
a small container
of glitter.

Because this day,
this wonderful,
LISA SCHROEDER I grab
a small container
of glitter.

Because this day,
this wonderful,
LISA SCHROEDER Frost’s face darkened. “What gives you the right to speak for Miss Hathaway and her family?” <...
LISA KLEYPAS You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.
LISA KLEYPAS I want morning and noon and nightfall with you. I want your tears, your smiles, your kisses...the sm...
LISA KLEYPAS You’ll never get a new ending if you keep starting with the same tired beginning.
LISA DAILY To most Alaskans, Clinton is remembered as being the one individual who has shut Alaska down by veto...
LISA MURKOWSKI I remember, after the Pamela Anderson roast, being told, 'You're sold out - you can add two ...
LISA LAMPANELLI We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has ...
LISA BONET When I'm anchoring, I miss chasing stories in the field.
LISA GUERRERO I have nothing to offer you," he finally said in a guttural voice.
"Nothing."
Win's lips h...
LISA KLEYPAS I will admit, I once launched myself at Julie Garwood for a hug, hoping some of her magic would rub ...
LISA KLEYPAS No day would be complete without chocolate. My favorite: Vosges Creole bar - it's dark chocolate...
LISA EDELSTEIN Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology no...
LISA MURKOWSKI In our house, everybody is always dancing around and singing. We have a dance floor outside at our h...
LISA RINNA When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, a...
LISA LOEB If you're a disheveled, easily distracted person, it's always scary when someone asks what your plan...
LISA SMARTT I don't necessarily make much art myself, but after I wrote 'Warped Passages,' I was for...
LISA RANDALL Come with me,' Mom says.
To the library.
Books and summertime
go together.
LISA SCHROEDER I think people were just seriously happy to find a funny woman who does comedy like a man. Because I...
LISA LAMPANELLI What if you could meet your soul mate?" the ghost asked. "You 'd want to avoid that?"
"Hell, ye...
LISA KLEYPAS When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begi...
LISA UNGER An almost indispensable skill for any creative person is the ability to pose the right questions. Cr...
LISA RANDALL I've always known that performing is what I want to do. There was never a defining moment. I jus...
LISA O'HARE I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow...
LISA KUDROW There's nothing particularly dark in my past... I live in the light. My disposition is basically...
LISA UNGER Fact: I don't know of a single girl who doesn't wish the show-it-all boxer-shorts phenomenon would g...
LISA SAMSON The stones in your driveway may have come from the slaves who spend all day breaking rocks because i...
LISA KRISTINE I would like to be able to disappear whenever I do something dorky.
LISA MCMANN She said she collects pieces of sky, cuts holes out of it with silver scissors, bits of heaven she c...
LISA ZARAN I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate ...
LISA BONET People who dismiss science in favor of religion sometimes confuse the challenge of rigorously unders...
LISA RANDALL I think the skin revolution for women, I will call it, really all started with Mariah Carey. Madonna...
LISA BEDRICK There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and ...
LISA LOEB My own novel, 'The Silver Bough,' about the inhabitants of a remote town at risk of being ov...
LISA TUTTLE Six years after I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B,' I received my first paycheck as a write...
LISA LUTZ I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of ...
LISA LOEB Harvard freshmen are smart, interested, and excited, and it's fun hearing their different perspe...
LISA RANDALL Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came fro...
LISA MURKOWSKI I think it's fair to say that women have a different level of intuitiveness that allows them to ...
LISA MURKOWSKI The letter had been crumpled up and tossed onto the grate. It had burned all around the edges, so th...
LISA KLEYPAS Ah, there’s the governess voice. All stern and disapproving. It makes me feel like a naughty schoo...
LISA KLEYPAS Hair color is the easiest way to change your appearance, but a bad dye job might draw more attention...
LISA LUTZ Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and VERY important. -Lisa Hoffman.
LISA HOFFMAN

Our unguarded reactions are the most honest ones.

Copied!

Lisa Mantchev

Our unguarded reactions are the most honest ones.

Lisa Mantchev

Share:

Related

More Lisa Mantchev