The Twelve Dates of Christmas Quotes

“People confused nostalgia with love and end up getting divorces or having affairs and all sorts. No, I think if you haven't kept in touch for twenty years there's probably a good reason.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“A bigger pool doesn't necessarily mean a better swim.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“He brings out your sparkle,” said Mac. “That’s not sparkle,” Kate corrected. “It’s rage-glitter.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“A man is like an optional extra; you should only take one on when it is beneficial to do so. It's like refraining from the fourth plate at the all-you-can-eat curry buffet. Just because it's there, doesn't mean you have to have it.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“I don’t want to waste any more time, Kate,’ said Matt. ‘We’ve wasted enough already. I love you. And you bloody well love me too, I know you do. So, stop being such a stubborn arse and—’ Kate leaned over and kissed the words right out of his mouth.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Just for a moment she let herself imagine: This is what it would be like to be loved by Matt. Another voice in her head whispered a warning: Stop it, Kate, this path isn’t for you.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Life’s too short to not tell the people who matter that you love them.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“You prickle when someone tries to pay you a compliment, but you equally prickle when someone understates your worth. Spiky.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“You're spikey. You prickle when someone tries to pay you a compliment, but you equally prickle when someone understates your worth. Spikey." -Matt”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Because sharing your life with someone will always mean compromise.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Do you think this is the first time some bloke’s pushed his luck with me?” Kate asked. “I’m a woman, Matt. Ask any woman you like; every one of us has had practice in dealing with unwanted sexual advances or expectations.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“On the fifth date of Shagmas my true love gave to me, One gay man dancing, One date of drinking, One fireman skating, One vegan weeping And a no-show outside the Pear Tree!”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Kate could no longer deny that she loved him. As impossible and implausible as that love might be, it was love and there was nothing to be done about it.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“And whal abou’ you?” asked Oliver. “Why are you always the brisemaid and never the brise?” “Because I’m picky,” said Kate. “And spiky! Like a cactus!”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“A man is like an optional extra; you should only take one on when it is beneficial to do so. It’s like refraining from the fourth plate at the all-you-can-eat curry buffet. Just because it’s there, doesn’t mean you have to have it.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“You prickle when someone tries to pay you a compliment, but you equally prickle when someone understates your worth. Spiky.” “Perhaps it’s only you who makes me spiky,” said Kate. Matt laughed.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“The scarlet women are always the most alluring!”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“There is only a hairsbreadth between adoration and animosity and when the gap closes it is rarely pretty.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“All was silent but for the sound of the lovers breathing and the beating of their two hearts made whole.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“And here is where I want to be, with you.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Home wasn’t her house, or this tiny village. Home was inside of her, in her heart, where Matt lived.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Kate sighed. No matter how much distance she put between herself and Matt, the roots of that pear tree would always be tugging at her soul, pulling her back to him.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“She’d kissed a lot of boys since then. Hell, she’d kissed a lot of boys this month. But still, nothing ever quite matched that first stolen kiss behind the pear tree.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“her? She found herself haunted by ghosts of a life that could have been.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“because that’s what people in love do: they protect the hearts of those they love, even if that love will never be returned.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“And Kate could no longer deny that she loved him. As impossible and implausible as that love might be, it was love and there was nothing to be done about it.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“But here, next to him in the warm dark, she felt suddenly and inexplicably self-conscious, as if her body language might divulge a secret she’d fought to keep even from herself.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Despite herself, Kate’s heart leapt at the sight of him. She told herself she was just pleased to see a friendly face after her disastrous date but the ache of longing in her chest was becoming harder to ignore.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“Memories of kissing Matt at another point in her history burst behind her eyes and her heart hammered as though it wanted to be heard.”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas

“But all she kept hearing in her head were the words, it’s time to move forward. What did he mean? Was he trying to tell her something? Was it code for, I’m going to propose to Sarah? And why did she care?”
― Jenny Bayliss, The Twelve Dates of Christmas