The Gingerbread Bakery Quotes

“Now he had to figure out how to live in the same town as her and not lose his mind pining after her. Because while Annie wasn’t his anymore, he would always be hers.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Love is a funny thing,’ the mayor went on. ‘It's not always big or loud or over the top. Most of the time, it’s quiet and unassuming. It’s a shared cup of coffee on a rainy day or reading side by side together every night. It’s finding the person who gets you. The person who will have your back through it all. ‘Your person,’ he added”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“And you want things to be perfect because you think being perfect shows people that you love them”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“They came here sad or lost or alone until Dream Harbor worked its magic.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Annie was all he ever saw.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“He kissed her and he tasted like chocolate and crushes and like the best December of her life.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“So, what do you think of me now?’ he asked. Annie was looking at him again, her expression tender. ‘I think you’re my person. I think you're someone I can trust and love. And I think you look really freaking cute with kittens piled on top of you.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“And then she’d gone and put his dick in her mouth. When had that ever helped anyone find clarity about their feelings? She was pretty sure never.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“I want you, Annie, and I don't care if you need to fuck me like you hate me but you're leaving here with me tonight.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“she started with a slight tremble in her voice. ‘I never expected to find you. I never expected to find a home here, a life here, but I’m so glad I did. I promise to love you until we’re both old and gray and I'll keep on loving you even after that. I promise to love your family like my own. I promise to never limit the number of chickens you can have.’ Logan laughed between his tears at that one and so did Mac. That was love. Unlimited chickens. ‘I can’t promise I’ll keep our house tidy, but I will always help you make it a home. I love you and I promise to be your partner from now until forever.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Mac grinned. ‘I would still kiss you even if your breath was a little sour-cream-and-onion-y.’ Annie scrunched up her face in disgust even as she secretly thought that was very cute of him to say.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Why do guys do that?’ ‘Do what?’ ‘Pretend they’re never cold. Do they revoke your man card if you admit to being chilly?”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Love is a funny thing,’ the mayor went on. ‘It's not always big or loud or over the top. Most of the time, it’s quiet and unassuming. It’s a shared cup of coffee on a rainy day or reading side by side together every night. It’s finding the person who gets you. The person who will have your back through it all. ‘Your person,”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“And you want things to be perfect because you think being perfect shows people that you love them, and a little piece of you believes they would love you less if you weren’t.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Love is a funny thing,’ the mayor went on. ‘It's not always big or loud or over the top. Most of the time, it’s quiet and unassuming. It’s a shared cup of coffee on a rainy day or reading side by side together every night. It’s finding the person who gets you. The person who will have your back through it all.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“second-chance romances just hit different.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“He wanted her here every morning”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“He’d wait for Annie forever.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“There were a million things he could think to say about Annie. He could tell her how much he admired her or how proud he was of what she’d accomplished. He could tell her how gorgeous she was and how over the years he’d compared every other woman to her. He could tell her that she felt like home”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Mac’s lips tipped into a tentative smile and Annie was right back in that diner booth trying to convince herself that they didn’t make sense together”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Even though his mom still insisted on hanging that wonky reindeer-ornament he made her in kindergarten and would probably do the same if he made her an equally deformed ornament right now. It was time he leveled up his gift-giving game. Unfortunately”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“He was determined to get his mom a real present this year. At nineteen”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“And every single one of these tasks you’ve put your whole heart into. And you want things to be perfect because you think being perfect shows people that you love them, and a little piece of you believes they would love you less if you weren’t.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“I want you”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“The Annie he’d known all those years ago was gone. This Annie wasn’t his anymore. This was the Annie he’d hurt. Now he had to figure out how to live in the same town as her and not lose his mind pining after her. Because while Annie wasn’t his anymore”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Love is a funny thing,’ the mayor went on. ‘Its not always big or loud or over the top. Most of the time”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“And now he was stuck here”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Was it remotely possible that the man who had broken her heart all those years ago actually might turn out to be her person?”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“Mac huffed a laugh. ‘Too old to be chasing after a memory of you. I need the real thing. I need to know if we have any chance of working or if it’s finally time for me to let you go.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery

“The Annie he’d known all those years ago was gone. This Annie wasn’t his anymore. This was the Annie he’d hurt.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Gingerbread Bakery