Holly Jacobs > Quotes

“Sometimes, you find yourself inadvertently in the dark. But I’d discovered that if you stopped fighting against it and just stood still, sometimes something marvelous comes along.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“Every quilt has an intentional flaw because the only thing that's perfect is God.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“in time-out. That’s how you’re acting—like five-year-olds. It’s time you realized that you are sixteen and way too old for this nonsense. And you”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“Being able to lean on someone else . . . maybe that was brave. I mean, if you leaned on someone, you had to trust that they wouldn’t let you fall.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“I read this book once that said we meet the people we need to meet when we’re ready for them. Maybe that’s why we met. To try and help each other figure out who we are now.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“a person’s life can’t be defined by one incident. We are the whole of our experiences. We are the warp, and life is the weft, going up and down around us, transforming us in its wake. Each new line adds to the whole . . . adds to our strength.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“And I’d learned that maybe that’s what life was all about, one thing after another. One small moment. Good or bad.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“the difference between a friend and a good friend is when you tell a friend a man’s done you wrong, they commiserate. When you tell a good friend, they ask where you want to bury the body.”
― Holly Jacobs, Christmas in Cupid Falls

“moved”
― Holly Jacobs, 13 Weeks: A Novella

“Amanda was in the forefront of my”
― Holly Jacobs, Carry Her Heart

“could come of it.”
― Holly Jacobs, Christmas in Cupid Falls

“dissection.”
― Holly Jacobs, These Three Words

“Lissa," Lissa supplied seriously.”
― Holly Jacobs, Everything But a Mother

“This ancient Pinto was held together with sheer willpower and a whole lot of prayer. But she wasn't going to let her old jalopy ruin her perfect mood either.”
― Holly Jacobs, Pickup Lines

“was invincible.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“I know there’s no real Santa. Remember that little girl in the book you read me? That newspaper guy told her that it’s okay if moms and dads bought the presents, ’cause they had Santa in their heart. Well, I got him in my heart, too. So, it’s okay if Connie don’t believe, ’cause I know my heart is big enough for Santa and me.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“We live in deeds, not years: in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heartthrobs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.' It's a quote by a man named David Bailey.”
― Holly Jacobs, Everything But a Wedding

“Sometimes love comes quickly, sometimes more slowly. Real love comes in its own time,” she said. It”
― Holly Jacobs, Hold Her Heart

“I was sure the shoes had a name attached to them.  Some big designer’s name.  They were the kind of shoes that needed no introduction in certain circles.  In my particular circle, I could easily identify Crocs, but that was about it.”
― Holly Jacobs, Maid in LA Mysteries: A Four Book Set

“Josiah was”
― Holly Jacobs, Carry Her Heart

“May you live in interesting times. She thought maybe it was a Chinese curse.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing

“When you have a choice, in any given situation—” “If you have a choice, always choose kindness,”
― Holly Jacobs, Something Perfect

“Love just is. You can fall in love after a minute or a week or a month or years. But once you love, there’s no taking it back, at least not if it’s a true love.” Rereading”
― Holly Jacobs, Hold Her Heart

“Lovehandles, the station where love is more than just a song. This is Peter `Punch' O'Brien and Judy Bently. Punch and Judy in the morning.”
― Holly Jacobs, Pickup Lines

“God and I weren’t on speaking terms. Still, no bars for me on Sundays.”
― Holly Jacobs, Just One Thing