Tilly Tennant > Quotes

“had”
― Tilly Tennant, A Home at Cornflower Cottage

“awkward”
― Tilly Tennant, Eden's Comfort Kitchen: A heart-warming feel-good romance

“Rot,” Hortense said. “I keep telling you, Esme, the direct approach. It’s the only way. Churchill didn’t win the war by waiting for Hitler to come and talk to him.”
― Tilly Tennant, The Christmas Wish

“Oh my God, he looks exactly like Santa!” she squeaked, unable to contain herself.
Zach grinned and replied in a low voice behind his hand. “He is Santa, that’s why.”
― Tilly Tennant, The Christmas Wish

“Wedding”
― Tilly Tennant, A Wedding in Italy

“She was in the only place she wanted to be right now.
She was home.”
― Tilly Tennant, The Christmas Wish

“Sometimes, when it seemed the thing you wanted most would never come, it did. You just had to wait, maybe even not really be looking for it. Maybe if you just went about your day, making the rest of your life as good and useful as possible, the thing you wanted most would sneak up on you and give you a wonderful surprise”
― Tilly Tennant, A Home at Cornflower Cottage

“She wasn’t going to go around grasping for love any longer. She wasn’t going to go on endless dates, putting her effort into relationships that she knew were doomed to failure from the start – she was going to go about her life, making it as full and happy as possible, and if love found her, that would be a wonderful surprise.”
― Tilly Tennant, A Home at Cornflower Cottage

“When you get to my age you’ll realize that life is too short to waste on anyone who doesn’t completely worship you.”
― Tilly Tennant, The Christmas Wish

“here”
― Tilly Tennant, Rome Is Where the Heart Is

“Where’s that?”
“Surprise us!”
“Oh, we do like a magical mystery tour,” someone else shouted.”
― Tilly Tennant, The Christmas Wish

“Then go for it. You get one life, so go out, take chances, make mistakes, fall in love, get your heart broken and then fall in love all over again. There’s no point in half measures, and I can say that with a great deal of authority.”
― Tilly Tennant, Christmas at the Little Village Bakery

“she”
― Tilly Tennant, Rome Is Where the Heart Is

“to”
― Tilly Tennant, The Summer of Secrets

“What’s the point in treating people so horribly? Life is complicated and everyone has their reasons for the way they behave. Usually, if you give someone a chance, you’ll see it for yourself and then you can understand it better. Obviously, there are people who are just horrible and they’re beyond saving, but I find it’s not as many as you might think.”
― Tilly Tennant, A Very Vintage Christmas

“You should never have to feel stupid sharing the things that matter to you with the people you love. And you should never have to apologise for them.”
― Tilly Tennant, A Very Vintage Christmas

“I’ve wasted too much of my life already trying to please a man who can’t be pleased. It’s about time I pleased myself.”
― Tilly Tennant, The Christmas Wish