Martha Bolton > Quotes

“Our life isn't a story that we read. It's a story that we write as we live it, one page at a time.”
― Martha Bolton, The Home Game

“So why aren’t more marketing companies targeting our age group? Why are there so many youth-oriented programs and advertisements on television today? Why are we being ignored? Don’t companies realize they are missing a huge market?

Now granted, a visit to the local mall will show you there are a lot of teenagers hanging out there these days. But are they shopping? Are they spending money? No. They’re “hanging.” Contrary to what our skin might be doing, we members of the over-forty crowd don’t “hang.” We shop, and not just window shop either. We’re serious buyers. When we pick up an item and turn it over to see the price, we often carry it right on over to the checkout counter and pay for it. Why? Because we know the energy involved with picking up items. We don’t do it unless we’re committed.”
― Martha Bolton, Cooking With Hot Flashes: And Other Ways to Make Middle Age Profitable

“I'd go to the end of the world for my husband. Of course, if he'd just stop and ask directions, I wouldn't have to.”
― Martha Bolton

“We all have our days when we feel unworthy of anyone's love, or we feel forgotten and lonely, wondering if we matter to anyone. But then the Bible reminds me that God's love is eternal, unfailing, and unconditional. ~Fannie pg. 208”
― Martha Bolton, The Rise and Fall of Miss Fannie's Biscuits

“I'm not very domestic. For years my family thought mold was a frosting.”
― Martha Bolton

“I tan the easy way. I just wait for my liver spots to connect.”
― Martha Bolton

“I do twenty jumping jacks a day. Well, half of that. I just clap.”
― Martha Bolton

“Opinions are like elbows. Everyone’s got ‘em, but they only bend one way.”
― Martha Bolton, Josiah for President

“Don’t blame the horse when you’ve got the reins.”
― Martha Bolton, Josiah for President: A Novel