Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor Quotes

“I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“I didn't know that, you take your coffee seriously, dont you?'
'Every morning, I run to the coffeemaker like a soldier returning to a lost love after the war.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“It was often in small moments that significant things were revealed.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“If I listened to your advice, I'd be making your mistakes instead of my own.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“I’ve lost someone, too. And there were no rules for how to deal with the death of someone you loved. You had to accept that the loss would always stay with you, like a reminder note pinned to the inside of your jacket. But there were still opportunities for happiness. Even joy.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“Did you fall in love with her?"
"I care about her. A lot."
"You're not supposed to marry someone if you don't fall in love with her."
"Well, love is a choice, too."
Holly shook her head. "I think it's something that happens to you."
Mark smiled into her small, earnest face. "Maybe it's both," he said, and tucked her in.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“Most of the time when couples argue, it’s not really about the thing they’re fighting about; there’s a deeper reason why they’re arguing.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“SEEN IT ALL, HEARD IT ALL, DONE IT ALL. JUST CAN'T REMEMBER IT ALL.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“The smarter you are, the more reasons you have to be miserable.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“I like starting the day with news and Jamaica Blue Mountain. I like having a cup in the afternoon while complaining about the Mariners or the Seahawks. I like knowing that in one cup of coffee, you’re getting flavors from places most of us will never see. The Tanzanian foothills of Kilimanjaro…the Indonesian islands…Colombia, Ethiopia, Brazil, Cameroon…I like it that a truck driver can have just as good a cup of coffee as a millionaire. But most of all I like the ritual. It brings friends together, it’s the perfect ending to dinner…and on occasion it can tempt a beautiful woman to come up to your apartment.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“It wasn't just coffee...it was an experience. Smooth, roasted, buttery notes gave away to a velvet finish.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“She could love him, if she let it happen. Deeply, passionately, ruinously.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“And although there were countless single dads who were raising daughters, no one could deny that there were milestones that a girl wanted a mother for.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill from there. You're always having to live up to that first impression, which was just an illusion.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“Prologue”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

“But one wrong half turn of a steering wheel, one patch of wet road, one out of control moment, and the amount of life measured out to Victoria Nolan had run cruelly short.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor