The Christmas Tree Farm Quotes

“The lies we tell ourselves are often stronger than the truth. They worm their way into our hearts and our minds until they are all we see, all we believe.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“The lights were still up at the end of January, because this was her place and she made the rules.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“Were people ever more vulnerable than when they were unapologetically excited about something? He didn’t think so.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“She laughed and it sounded like hope.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“There was just something magical about snow on Christmas.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“I realized, maybe too late, that being independent doesn’t have to mean being alone.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“Morally Grey, Enemies to Lovers, Grumpy-slash-Sunshine,’ he read off the other candle labels. ‘Slow Burn, at least that one makes sense for a candle.’ He set the last candle down and found Kira laughing at him. ‘Here, this one suits you best,’ she said, handing him a candle with Cinnamon Roll written on the side. He sniffed it. ‘Smells good. Still don’t get what any of that means, though.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“Unfortunately, no one really advertises that growth hurts”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“I think you are the most beautiful in the morning when your hair is a mess and you’re all soft and warm from sleep. I could look at you like that forever.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“The last thing he needed was to read about sex when he hadn’t had any in months. He needed something about monks or meditation or suffering or something like that. Not Santa smut.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“You’re a big dog person, I take it.’ ‘They’re better than people in every way.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“It’s very cool.” She waved the letter between them. “It makes me sad that we won’t have anything like this.” “We?” She shook her head, hastily stopping his question. “I meant our generation. Like no one will find their grandmother’s old letters anymore.” “Unless people are printing out their DM’s.” Kira rolled her eyes, but her lips tipped up in amusement, “Right, unless someone out there is printing out their DM’s, in the future no one will just stumble upon a box of old letters. It makes me kinda sad.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“I’ve never seen anything so beautiful in my life as you right now. You’re … you’re unreal.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“He probably needed therapy, but that was an issue for another day.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“No tears. Not right now. Not until later when she was huddled under her blankets in bed instead of out here in the backyard where any roaming resident of Dream Harbor could pop up like some kind of jack-in-the-box nightmare of glad tidings.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“Just say the word and I’ll be there in a heartbeat.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“Like a splinter. A splinter he couldn’t seem to stop picking at.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“he’d liked the way people appreciated him when he did them a favor, he liked the feeling of being needed, of being useful.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“If the residents of Dream Harbor wanted to get on her good side, he imagined all they’d have to do is head up there with a basket of puppies and Kira would be putty in their hands.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“You wouldn’t try to snuggle with a feral cat, and tugging Kira into his arms right now would amount to the same thing.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“Bennett crossed snow off his mental Christmas list. There was only one thing on it now and that was more time with Kira.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“The mother in front of them lifted her still prone daughter and moved her a few feet forward and then placed her back in the dirt. The little girl smiled up at her with the face of an angel. Kids were terrifying.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“She’d even relocated the family of possums that had taken up residence inside. And by relocate”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“For anyone who ever wished Hallmark Christmas movies were steamier, this one might do the trick.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“This was why she had to stay mean. There was no in-between for her right now. She could either be angry or sad”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“The lies we tell ourselves are often stronger than the truth. They worm their way into our hearts and our minds until they are all we see, all we believe. And Kira had been telling herself a lot lately.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“He was standing dangerously close to Kira. Dangerous”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“He’d taken one look at Daddy December and was already thinking up ways to be busy that day. The last thing he needed was to read about sex when he hadn’t had any in months. He needed something about monks or meditation or suffering or something like that. Not Santa smut.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“That’s Mac,’ Jeanie whispered for his sake even though Annie could obviously still hear her. ‘Annie’s arch nemesis. We’re all waiting for them to finally sleep together and put us out of our collective misery.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm

“The lights were still up at the end of January”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Christmas Tree Farm