Lori Roy > Quotes

“I nod when he says things like that because Mama always said any right-minded person will favor a rose over a cactus. Trick is, make them think you’re a rose while all the time being a cactus underneath.”
― Lori Roy, Gone Too Long: A Novel

“Donna Lee flicked her eyes at Siebert, and hand to God, she smiled. A small smile. One that said, this is for all the times you smacked me, not just tonight, but every other night. This is for all the promises you made that never came true. That smile was warning Siebert to hold tight, because she was getting ready to take her revenge. She smiled because for once in her measly, pathetic life, someone cared what Donna Lee had to say.”
― Lori Roy, Lake County

“Mother”
― Lori Roy, Bent Road

“All kinds of yearning come with a girl’s ascension—so says Grandma—beautiful, glorious yearning that will twist up a girl’s insides, wring them this way and that.”
― Lori Roy, Let Me Die in His Footsteps

“It suits you. Always know what suits you and insist on it. Other people will tell you they know better, but they don’t. You know what’s best. Remember that.”
― Lori Roy, Lake County

“Writing's in the nouns.”
― Lori Roy

“Doesn’t much matter what might have been.” “While”
― Lori Roy, Bent Road

“Your pain’ll pave the way, not your beauty.”
― Lori Roy, Lake County

“crushed and broken stems. Reaching”
― Lori Roy, Until She Comes Home