The Mistletoe Kisser Quotes

“Sometimes you have to say no to everyone else so you can say yes to what’s important to you.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“At least he hadn’t lost an entire day to an over-thirty hangover. Yet.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“You never know what you’ll find unless you start looking,”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“You were willing to commit to me for a year when you thought I had an imaginary cat friend?” “That’s how into you I am, Sparkle. Don’t forget it.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“You can tell a lot about a person by how they handle the rough patches in life. It’s easy to pretend to be a good human when things are going well. But if you start kicking kittens when things go south”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Be careful, your accountant is showing,”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“The last little butterfly in Sammy’s stomach hurled itself into the bug zapper.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“If she slapped him now, he wouldn’t feel a thing and likely wouldn’t remember it. She’d save it for when he was sober.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“While rashy and on the job, Colby and I went through a drive-thru for tacos. I farted twice in the car. Once so bad we had to roll the windows down, and he still asked me out.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Fernando had backed off, prancing across the yard to glare at him from the safety of the shed. But Abba had taken offense to Ryan insulting her boyfriend and kicked him right in the thigh. Those dainty little devil hooves carried a wallop. His leg was still throbbing. And then the spitting had happened”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Sammy pointed to the back seat. He limped around and found it in a neatly organized duffel bag tucked between a change of clothes, extra medical supplies, and a stash of protein bars. Ryan approved the orderly provisions. To some men, all it took to get turned on was a low-cut shirt and a pair of big… eyes. He certainly had nothing against those things. But he was more attracted to someone if she had labels in her pantry or a color-coded filing system. Or, apparently, a neatly organized go-bag”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“We all leave fingerprints on each other.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Ah, but there’s no good without the bad, Ryan. No life without death. No celebration without mourning.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“You can tell a lot about a person by how they handle the rough patches in life. It’s easy to pretend to be a good human when things are going well. But if you start kicking kittens when things go south, odds are you’ve always been a kitten-kicker underneath it all.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Until you start taking care of yourself, no one else is going to excavate under the layers of exhaustion and pathological helpfulness and self-neglect to find your sexy center.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Cats were assholes. Psychic assholes.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Exhausted people aren’t sexy. They’re not the life of the party,”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“She wanted. Was wanted. Craved. Was craved.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“He was spent. Hollowed out. The icy dread of the unknown, all the “now whats” that had circled endlessly in his brain were quiet. Vanished as if they’d never existed. The only thing that existed, that mattered, was the woman in his arms.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“The state didn’t receive our reporting because we never completed it. There is no reporting to send. So the state is sending an auditor. It’s very likely that our funding will be revoked, our homes will be foreclosed upon, our property taxes will skyrocket, our children will grow up toothless with no education, and we’ll be forced to sell our wigs on eBay.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Romance is like the big family vacation every year. The thing you look forward to while you’re doing the hard work. The hard work is what makes that vacation possible. The hard work that you’ve put into the relationship is what allows you to enjoy the reward of the romance. It works that way. But it never works the other way. How long can someone live off of flowers and candy and surprise Christmas morning proposals if your partner uses baby talk in bed or consistently runs up her credit cards over the limit?”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“It was a weird town full of weird people. But the friendly, kooky kind of weird. Not the starting-a-militia-in-the-backyard kind of weird.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“The fireplace was closer and cozy. Maybe even romantic? But Ryan didn’t want to have to perform for the first time with a petting zoo for an audience.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“He let out a long-suffering sigh, which cheered her up. “Thanks for the tip,” he said dryly. “Huh. That’s funny. I could almost say the same,” she mused, recalling his excellent erection. “No one likes a funny veterinarian,” he said dryly.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“I’ve never once kicked a kitten,” he said dryly. “I did punch a parakeet once. But he was asking for it.” She shot him a look. “I’m sorry. Did you just make a joke?” “I’m one of those funny grouches,” he insisted.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser

“Around here, we care about each other. We lend hands and bake casseroles and do favors.” He smirked. “You sound like a docent at a visitors center.”
― Lucy Score, The Mistletoe Kisser