Wreck the Halls Quotes

“Kissing Melody was like a welcome home party in a place he’d never be lucky enough to call his home.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Love doesn’t come and go that easily, Beat. You need to believe you can lean on it, even when you have to lean really hard.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“I’ve sort of made young adult literature my specialty.” “Why?” She shrugged. “I lived inside of those books growing up. I want to take care of them, the way they took care of me.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Acknowledgement. Apparently that was all it took to want to forgive someone. Just to have them acknowledge that you were hurt, out loud.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“I don’t think being okay means avoiding anyone who might test your version of okay. Sometimes the okay boundary changes. You have to fucking step into it. You have to find your okay again. And again and again. Until we die. Welcome to being human.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“I'd give us ten forevers if I could”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“You still smell like gingerbread. At least they didn’t fuck with that.” “I love a seasonal scent,” she responded dully, her eyelids drooping involuntarily.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“She’d perused him like the specials menu.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“She had the yoga pants of hormones. They were fine, they definitely counted as hormones, but they weren’t worthy of a runway strut.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“a bank of swans. That’s what you call them when they’re in a group. A bank. Unless they’re in the water, in which case, it’s a bevy.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Why did it always feel so good to leave somewhere? Guilt poked holes in her gut. Didn’t she want to have friends? Who didn’t?”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“It was almost alarming, this invisible net that cast itself around them, dragging them into their own world that no one else would understand.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“But you can do it,” he said encouragingly. “I’ll spot you.” “Spot me? I’m right here.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Son, why are you trying to squeeze the girl to death?” Two seconds ticked by. “I don’t know.” “I see.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“A star-crossed best friend.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Why did it always feel so good to leave somewhere?”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Why did it always feel so good to leave somewhere? Guilt poked holes in her gut. Didn’t she want to have friends? Who didn’t? And why did she feel alone whether she was with people or not?”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“moisture that tried to coat her vision.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“perfectly to meet them.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“without missing a beat,”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“pull Mel into his lap.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Or was he trapped in an endless dream?”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls

“Are you okay down there?” “Not as okay as you are down there.” “What was that?” “I think I better jump on the box now.”
― Tessa Bailey, Wreck the Halls