I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not …

Lisa Kleypas
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I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life ✨ Lisa Kleypas (2009). Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel, p.341, Macmillan
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I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life ✨ Lisa Kleypas (2009). Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel, p.341, Macmillan

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