Resting Scrooge Face Quotes

“I will fight someone to their death if they tell me bubble gum is a legitimately tasty artificial flavor. Nothing, and I mean nothing, tastes good in bubble gum flavor other than actual bubble gum.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“I can’t imagine that someone who despises Christmas as much as I do would have gold stationery.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“The one I’ve been waiting for. And sure, it might have taken a few years and some letters delivered by a friend, but we’re here, in each other’s arms, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Gift giving. Isn’t this just a “Ring around the Rosie” of money? Especially now”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Nola, you are truly the best part of my life. I have the best memories from when we were together. I had the best laughs with you by my side. And even when we went through some hard times, knowing I had you to lean on took away some of the pain. When I lost you, I lost a part of myself along the way. But you’re here now, and slowly, you helped bring that part back to life with your letters.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Just remember, sometimes people come back into your life for a reason.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Well, if you weren’t spouting heart eyes for the man, you might have heard me walking up with my cane.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“You could have told me that, Caleb.” “And risk having you stay when clearly you were supposed to go and explore the world?”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“was meant to stay in Bright Harbor, and that’s when I decided to fully let you go. I knew we were headed in opposite directions, and if I tried to follow, I’d be miserable. And that’s not fair to you.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Trying to remind you that I’m a good guy, that people make mistakes, and that even though I know our chapter is over, I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable living here.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“It's weird what a simple letter can do to a person. An interaction with another human who possesses the same feelings as you when you're surrounded by nothing but the opposite.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Just remember, sometimes people come back into your life for a reason”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“No matter what exterior you wear, what armor you don, what shield you possess, you are not exempt from falling in line with the rest of the conformists.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Trying to remind you that I'm a good guy, that people make mistakes, and that even though I know our chapter is over, I don't want you to feel uncomfortable living here”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“This is my girl. The one I’ve been waiting for. And sure, it might have taken a few years and some letters delivered by a friend, but we’re here, in each other’s arms, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Trying to remind you that I’m a good guy, that people make mistakes, and that even though I know our chapter is over, I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable living here.” He turns and faces me now. “I don’t know the full story of why you came back here, Nola, but I do know that you deserve a chance at happiness, and I refuse to be the man that keeps you from obtaining it. I know this is awkward, being in the same town again—I just want to make it less awkward.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“This is my second chance, and if I don’t do something now, I could lose her forever.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Trust me when I say if you love her, you need to fight. I know this from experience. I once loved and lost but never fought. I regret it to this day. If you still love her and she’s in Bright Harbor for good, then I think it’s time you fix things.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“but every year since I was seven, I’ve picked a flower from my mom’s garden, pressed it, preserved it, and labeled it with the year I collected it. I have a whole book dedicated to the flowers. When my mom turns sixty, I’m going to give it to her.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“He got me. I got him. No one in my life ever made me feel as safe, as loved, or as wanted as he did.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“If only . . . ugh, if only they were the same man.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“He nods. “And then one day, when the time is right, I will go to my safe-deposit box and pull out the box, and then the other box, and then the last box, and then the envelope, unwrap the tissue paper, hold up the recipe card, and present it to whoever becomes my wife. And when she asks what it is, I will pat her gently on the shoulder and say, ‘Please make this for me, I have no idea what chutney is.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Oh, before I forget,” Nola says as I lift the paint can. “I want to give you this.” From the corner of my eye, I catch a glint of gold sparkle under my store’s fluorescent lights. I turn just in time to catch Arden slipping a very familiar gold envelope into his pocket.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“I’ve never told anyone this, but every year since I was seven, I’ve picked a flower from my mom’s garden, pressed it, preserved it, and labeled it with the year I collected it. I have a whole book dedicated to the flowers. When my mom turns sixty, I’m going to give it to her.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“flip open the flap, pull out the matching gold stationery, and read the letter.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Little do they know, I caught them on camera, reported them to their parents, and quickly turned their holly jolly Christmas into a stocking full of coal.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Even during our time apart, even when our hearts were both shattered, it’s always been you. Always and forever.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Mistletoe. The only people who like to hang this are the meddling aunts of the world who think it’s the world’s greatest treasure to make two people awkwardly dance around the pressures of having to smash mouths in public.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Eggnog. Why this is a liquid we consume, I can’t quite be sure, but the fact that it’s thrust upon us like water is incomprehensible.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face

“Yup, “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”—how terrifyingly morbid, and yet it’s sung with such optimism.”
― Meghan Quinn, Resting Scrooge Face