Kelly Ohlert > Quotes

“Ice cream and moral peril are my only motivators strong enough to run.”
― Kelly Ohlert, To Get to the Other Side

“Geez,” I mutter. “It’s like the line to see the Easter Bunny at the mall.”
“Mall Easter Bunnies are terrifying. Nobody is this excited to see a mall Easter Bunny.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“I pull out my laptop—so ancient its functionality is best suited for Oregon Trail”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“If she wouldn't let me hold her together, I wanted to pick up all the tiny pieces.”
― Kelly Ohlert, To Get to the Other Side

“Kiss me,” I say. Bold, because it’s all I know how to be. ”
― Kelly Ohlert, An Ex-citing Proposition

“It seems like a gray area, and gray isn’t all that far from silver. This could be my silver lining.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“He was silent, but he had loud thoughts”
― Kelly Ohlert, To Get to the Other Side

“The place they put us doesn’t even have a name. The sign just reads hotel. Or motel. It looks like they started with hotel, but after some soul searching, knew deep down they were a motel. The result is some sneaky lettering to make it difficult to tell if the opening letter is an H, or an M. It’s a Hmotel.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“I want to throttle him. Maybe kiss him a little. Mostly throttle him.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“A hat painted in brilliant white letters. “You’re my final answer”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“That’s it. Talk nerdy to me”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“Together. The word ricochets off the walls of my mind like a lost hiker’s desperate plea for help in an empty cavern.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“She radiated positive energy. I wanted to be in her orbit for even a short while.”
― Kelly Ohlert, To Get to the Other Side

“I wanted to know her. I wanted to see that joy on her face over and over again, but I wanted her sorrow as well. I wanted to see the real her, the one behind all the smiles real and fake. I didn't think I cared how long it would take. As we hugged, the dynamic between us shifted with the force of an earthquake. I knew there was no turning back.”
― Kelly Ohlert, To Get to the Other Side

“The sexual tension between us was as thick as Tom Selleck’s mustache .”
― Kelly Ohlert, To Get to the Other Side

“She cowers behind the vehicle, like some robber or murderer broke into her daughter’s house and decided to drop and do some yoga before getting on with their lawless hooliganry.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“Being broken did not determine her worth. It didn't determine anyone's.”
― Kelly Ohlert, To Get to the Other Side

“I felt like someone had just handed me a new game and set me up on expert level, and I couldn’t figure out how to do anything but keep walking straight into a wall. I needed an instruction manual.”
― Kelly Ohlert

“I slide across the hardwood to the door in my socks, Tom Cruise style but with the notable addition of pants.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“Flattery won’t get him into my flared trousers.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical

“I shouldn’t have to work when I’m in crisis.”
― Kelly Ohlert, An Ex-citing Proposition

“It’s like her gran is too full of life for a horizontal Charlie’s words to contain. She requires vertical story telling.”
― Kelly Ohlert, Let's Get Quizzical