“You don’t have to be strong enough to do it all at once—no one is. You just have to be strong enough to do one thing. That’s it. Then you rest, and when you’ve regained that strength back, you tackle the next thing.”
―
Jenny Hale,
Coming Home for Christmas
“All he has known his whole life is how to be alone. He has to learn how to be with people. That’s all. Then he will know that being alone isn’t as good as being with those who love him.” ― Jenny Hale, Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses
“Make sure you find a job that doesn’t feel like work,” ― Jenny Hale, Summer at Firefly Beach
“Sometimes, it’s when you stop looking that you find what you’re searching for.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer at Firefly Beach
“The very worst feeling to carry with you isn’t sadness. It’s regret.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer by the Sea
“Whatever’s going on in your life, calm is within you. Sometimes, you just have to wade through the deep waters to find it.” ― Jenny Hale, An Island Summer
“Just because you’re comfortable with something doesn’t always mean it’s the best.” ― Jenny Hale, An Island Summer
“With the heat from the fire, the Christmas lights twinkling, and the people she loved next to her, Mia couldn’t help but hope that, despite everything, Christmas might just have a little magic after all.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“You can’t always control what life gives you, but you can control your destiny within it.” ― Jenny Hale, The Christmas Letters
“My mother used to tell me that feeling was the ocean soaking into my soul.” ― Jenny Hale, The Summer House
“That’s why I told you that things could be disastrous if we don’t take chances. Life is full of them. Don’t settle in life. If you do, you may miss a golden opportunity.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer by the Sea
“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
“Just as we’re standing here now, unaware of the time, yet it’s slowly slipping away from us second by second, minute by minute.” “That’s a bit terrifying,” she said with a fearful chuckle. “For us, maybe,” he said, clearly unconvinced, “but time continues. It ticks on forever. I like to think that we do too somewhere. If you want to talk to her, talk to her. She might be listening.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I believe that we’re put places to impact others and when we can no longer impact them, we should get out. It’s the universe’s way of moving you on to something better. You just have to listen to find what it is that you need to do next. So, if they’re going in a different direction, that’s your cue to keep going in your direction. Someone else needs you.” ― Jenny Hale, Butterfly Sisters
“Okay.” She looked up at him and forced a smile. “I feel so terrible that this isn’t turning out the way we’d hoped.” “Nothing ever turns out the way we think it will,” he said. “That’s how life is. We’re beings who thrive on consistency and routine but life is madness—random and sudden, like the sea. It hits us when we least expect it.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“We’re all vulnerable, and let me save you the suspense: even though your problems aren’t life-threatening, they’re still real, they’re still stressful. And it isn’t your job to make it look easy. Fall apart if you want to—I don’t mind. I’ve seen worse in my own mirror, I can promise you.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I’ve been thinking I was strong when really I wasn’t at all. I just pushed everything down and hid it. But you—you moved through it, let the pain consume you, and then came out on the other side. That’s real strength.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I’m so confused about who I am,” she admitted to him. “I don’t know anymore.” “I do,” he said. “You’re the girl who wants to be heard. And what she doesn’t know is that while she thinks no one is listening, we all hear her. You’re the girl who loves people by taking care of them, and that’s why you’re having such a hard time right now. You feel that being able to support your family is how you show your love for them. But they all see it anyway. Your strength is in the glow that radiates from you when you walk into a room. It’s magical because we all see it—it blinds us—even if you don’t see it.” He wiped a tear from her cheek, his words hitting her hard. “Your presence is strong enough that you took a man who didn’t think he could ever feel again and made him so excited to face the day that he couldn’t sleep at night. That’s who you are.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I’m happier than I’ve ever been because I get to watch you live. Life is about taking chances, and I’ve learned that things can be disastrous if we don’t do that.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer by the Sea
“All he has known his whole life is how to be alone. He has to learn how to be with people. That’s all. Then he will know that being alone isn’t as good as being with those who love him.” ― Jenny Hale, Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses
“Make sure you find a job that doesn’t feel like work,” ― Jenny Hale, Summer at Firefly Beach
“Sometimes, it’s when you stop looking that you find what you’re searching for.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer at Firefly Beach
“The very worst feeling to carry with you isn’t sadness. It’s regret.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer by the Sea
“Whatever’s going on in your life, calm is within you. Sometimes, you just have to wade through the deep waters to find it.” ― Jenny Hale, An Island Summer
“Just because you’re comfortable with something doesn’t always mean it’s the best.” ― Jenny Hale, An Island Summer
“With the heat from the fire, the Christmas lights twinkling, and the people she loved next to her, Mia couldn’t help but hope that, despite everything, Christmas might just have a little magic after all.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“You can’t always control what life gives you, but you can control your destiny within it.” ― Jenny Hale, The Christmas Letters
“My mother used to tell me that feeling was the ocean soaking into my soul.” ― Jenny Hale, The Summer House
“That’s why I told you that things could be disastrous if we don’t take chances. Life is full of them. Don’t settle in life. If you do, you may miss a golden opportunity.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer by the Sea
“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
“Just as we’re standing here now, unaware of the time, yet it’s slowly slipping away from us second by second, minute by minute.” “That’s a bit terrifying,” she said with a fearful chuckle. “For us, maybe,” he said, clearly unconvinced, “but time continues. It ticks on forever. I like to think that we do too somewhere. If you want to talk to her, talk to her. She might be listening.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I believe that we’re put places to impact others and when we can no longer impact them, we should get out. It’s the universe’s way of moving you on to something better. You just have to listen to find what it is that you need to do next. So, if they’re going in a different direction, that’s your cue to keep going in your direction. Someone else needs you.” ― Jenny Hale, Butterfly Sisters
“Okay.” She looked up at him and forced a smile. “I feel so terrible that this isn’t turning out the way we’d hoped.” “Nothing ever turns out the way we think it will,” he said. “That’s how life is. We’re beings who thrive on consistency and routine but life is madness—random and sudden, like the sea. It hits us when we least expect it.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“We’re all vulnerable, and let me save you the suspense: even though your problems aren’t life-threatening, they’re still real, they’re still stressful. And it isn’t your job to make it look easy. Fall apart if you want to—I don’t mind. I’ve seen worse in my own mirror, I can promise you.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I’ve been thinking I was strong when really I wasn’t at all. I just pushed everything down and hid it. But you—you moved through it, let the pain consume you, and then came out on the other side. That’s real strength.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I’m so confused about who I am,” she admitted to him. “I don’t know anymore.” “I do,” he said. “You’re the girl who wants to be heard. And what she doesn’t know is that while she thinks no one is listening, we all hear her. You’re the girl who loves people by taking care of them, and that’s why you’re having such a hard time right now. You feel that being able to support your family is how you show your love for them. But they all see it anyway. Your strength is in the glow that radiates from you when you walk into a room. It’s magical because we all see it—it blinds us—even if you don’t see it.” He wiped a tear from her cheek, his words hitting her hard. “Your presence is strong enough that you took a man who didn’t think he could ever feel again and made him so excited to face the day that he couldn’t sleep at night. That’s who you are.” ― Jenny Hale, A Lighthouse Christmas
“I’m happier than I’ve ever been because I get to watch you live. Life is about taking chances, and I’ve learned that things can be disastrous if we don’t do that.” ― Jenny Hale, Summer by the Sea
