Brooke Lea Foster > Quotes

“I don't need a big house,... Just a cozy one. A fireplace in the living room, those two little square windows on either side.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“... everyone leaves parts of their past behind as they grow up... You don't have to carry yours around like a backpack weighing you down with bricks. All anyone cares about is who you are right now.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“Jean-Rose poured a cup of the tomato and lemon concoction Ruth made for hangovers, gulping it back.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“she was struck by the thought that humans were incredibly disappointing. They could crush you with their words and actions over and over again, and, still, you expected more of them. You believed in them, the possibility of their transformation, because if you didn’t, what did you believe in?”
― Brooke Lea Foster, On Gin Lane

“And this is where you'll pinch a brown loaf," Teddy said, pointing at the toilet in a small adjoining bathroom...”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“A factory job. Never. A baby. Not without a husband. She sliced through the water with her forearms, her thighs burning with fatigue. I'm better than that.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“...Ted kissed Jean-Rose like it was on his to-do list, and she wondered if a morning kiss from one's husband was different from an evening kiss, which may be less perfunctory.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“...three jobs: keep a fine house, organize an enviable social calendar, and be a tiger in the bedroom.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“Gigi waved, closing one finger at a time into her palm.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“Anna tugged at Heddy's denim shorts, holding a charred-over remnant of a Roman candle firework she found on the ground. "Will you carry me?”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“It's one thing that happened, not the only thing.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“Jean-Rose told me today that someday my social cache will be built upon how few wrinkles I have on my face. She gave me a bar of Pears glycerin soap to wash my face with, prescribed ice-water plunges to keep my skin firm, and handed me a jar of Pond's Cold Cream to apply before bed each night.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“Bridge. Ha!.."
"Have you ever played?"
"I don't play anyone's games, especially hers...”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“...my mother taught me how to separate the shiny apples from the bruised ones.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings

“Don't let her fill your head. She's the destroying type.”
― Brooke Lea Foster, Summer Darlings