All I Want for Christmas Quotes

“When they’d filled the peppers and they were laid out in nice, neat, bacon-wrapped lines, she slid them into the oven. Then they went into the sitting room. David sat down next to Leah on the settee. “Now, we can’t fall asleep, waiting for them to finish cooking,” he said. Famous. Last. Words. They chatted for a moment about how melted cheese was probably the best invention on the planet, but it descended into quiet as their lids dropped and she wondered why she couldn’t think of anything more insightful to say. It had felt like only seconds that she rested her eyes, but Leah and David jumped to a start, the fire alarm beeping in the kitchen. The both looked at each other, their eyes big with surprise. “Oh no!” he laughed. They ran into the kitchen, David throwing on one of Nan’s oven mitts and yanking the smoking, sizzling peppers out of the oven. Leah opened the windows and the back door, but it seemed to let more cold air in than smoke out. She fanned the air, while David took the peppers outside and set them on the brick walkway. As they both stood in the freezing kitchen, the smoke billowing around the ceiling, they broke into laughter. “Maybe we should’ve just had the marshmallows,” he said. Leah rolled under the duvet to view the time, the gray morning barely giving her enough light to focus. It was still early—six o’clock. She closed her eyes and lay back on the pillow, the feel of the linens so familiar and comfortable that, at first, she’d almost forgotten about her troubles. This was the bed she’d slept in when she needed the security of family, and a retreat to ease her mind.”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas

“support one another and spend time together, because at the end, that’s all you’ll have to take with you—the love. Love each other and everything else will fall into place.”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas

“To her, love was vulnerability, but to me, you see, love is strength.”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas

“I realized that the focus shouldn’t be whether my life is important or unimportant. It’s how all of our lives intertwine, and by isolating myself, I’m not allowing pieces of me to be shared and left when I’m gone.”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas

“When faced with dancing or not, always dance,”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas

“Leah, if I could drive home one piece of advice, it would be to never have regrets like I did. Don’t do it. I told David the same thing. He’s a good man, but he needs a little nudge every now and again. So do you. Act on your impulses, go with your gut, and follow your heart. Every time. I love you.”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas

“I know we’ve made plans together, and plans are good. But you can’t plan for everything. I certainly know that. I’ve learned that sometimes you’ve got to put your heart before your head and do what makes you happy right in that moment, or you’ll always regret it.”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas

“Libby Potter has just lost the perfect job, the perfect apartment and the perfect boyfriend. Moving back to the home town that she couldn’t wait to escape when she was younger was definitely not on her to-do list. Especially as it means running into the man whose heart she broke when she left.”
― Jenny Hale, All I Want for Christmas