Quotes from Debbie Macomber

You're a lovely woman...and a beautiful person besides. You deserve happiness. Isn't that what the Twenty Wishes are all about? Goin after the things you want in life. Places to see, people to meet, experiences to live. Don't hold back now. Go for it!

She kept thinking about their meal at Zorba's. The recipes were the same as they'd been years ago, but the experience wasn't.

Color is a feeling for me. I work by feeling! —Tina, Freia Handpaint Yarns

As a kid I can remember my mother telling me that our lives are merely a reflection of what we see and do. If we are kind, others will treat us with kindness. If we love, we will be loved. If we care, we will be cared for.

The repetition of weaving the yarn around a needle and then forming a stitch creates a sense of purpose, of achievement, of progress. When your entire world is unraveling, you tend to crave order, and I found it in knitting.

My father used to say that someone who used foul language was someone who needed to study vocabulary because there were more civilized ways to get one's point across.

What a shame that he pushed people and relationships away. With a personality transplant he would have the potential to be more than eye candy.

A successful marriage isn't finding the right person, it's being the right person.

As if this was more than she could imagine, Amiee asked, "What about a stove with more than two burners and an oven that actually works?" "All yours," Steve assured her.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Christmas is a condition of the heart.

You know if it'd been three wise women searching for the newborn babe, they would have asked for directions much sooner, found the stable, swept it out, and had a meal waiting by the time Mary and Joseph arrived.

Isn't that the way life goes? Just when everything seems perfect and nothing could possibly go wrong, then, boom, you're tossed onto your butt, wondering what in the name of heaven happened.

I kissed her." His words were met with silence and then, "How was it?" "On a scale of one to ten, it was about a hundred.

Men seemed to assume that because they could change their own oil and hook up a TV by themselves, they were naturally superior to women.

Merry Christmas. His would be without the Merry for sure.

I've always loved catching snow on my eyelashes.

Emotions can become habits - she said haltingly as she wiped her eyes. But habits can be changed.

one of the saddest things in life is to die with the music still inside us. There's tremendous talent in Peter that has been long denied. When I knew him, he was one of the most promising artists in college. His work was praised by staff and students alike. His potential was breathtaking.

She'd taken ten years off his life, frightening him the way she had, and now he'd easily subtracted another ten by kissing her. If he spent much more time with Jenna Campbell, he'd be dead inside a week.

Loving myself meant eating, sleeping, and exercising—taking care of myself emotionally and physically.

We don't have a pedigree, but we have big hearts, determination, and guts. The Carney family is grounded and there's a lot of love.

Live. Do whatever possible to stay alive. I'll be waiting. Praying, faithful. Just live. - Jo Marie Rose, Silver Linings

Ellie," Phillip added forcefully. "Sit down and keep your mouth closed for once in your life. Our daughter loves a good man.