Karen Booth > Quotes

“Lela’s love affair with nuptials was born at the age of eleven, when she watched two epic weddings on TV. In July of 1981, Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles of Wales were wed in London. Back home in Wisconsin, Lela watched every minute of it with her mom, perched on the edge of their brown pleather sectional. Then, in November, fictional couple Luke and Laura tied the knot on every teenage girl’s favorite soap opera, General Hospital. Actress Genie Francis wore a bizarre head-hugging veil and a dress that looked like a marshmallow. Her groom, Anthony Geary, rocked his deceptively fluffy ‘80s hair. Lela couldn’t help but be transfixed. It all felt larger than life. And her little eleven year-old heart gave into it lock, stock and barrel.”
― Karen Booth, Gray Hair Don't Care

“Two weeks in, being under the Echo Echo umbrella had proven to be a whirlwind inside a tornado brought on shore by a hurricane with a bonus tsunami. Also, an earthquake.”
― Karen Booth, Gray Hair Don't Care

“she wanted”
― Karen Booth, Love Finds A Way Boxed Set

“a colorless Mondrian skirted by Brownstones,”
― Karen Booth, Bring Me Back

“Everything I’d ever thought or read or seen of Christopher Penman brewed a frothy chaos in my head.”
― Karen Booth, Bring Me Back

“Don't you want this house to be filled with love and laughter again? Like when you were a kid? Jake to Sophie
I do. Although one could argue that its already full of love. Sophie to Jake (Chapter 13).”
― Karen Booth, A Christmas Temptation

“He was unbelievable, a dream come true, but his penis was probably a Petri dish.”
― Karen Booth, Bring Me Back

“I’d been a devoted fan of his band, Banks Forest, and spent hours every day in my bedroom, high on ditz and hormones, listening to their music.”
― Karen Booth, Bring Me Back

“Showing some guy your boobs is never the way to go.” I knew the opposite to be true, that you could get almost anything you wanted if you were willing to take off your bra.”
― Karen Booth, Bring Me Back

“I will never think less of you. And the only thing that has to define you is your actions. You're more than you past. You're more than the bad things that have happened to you. - Sophie to Jake ( Chapter 8)”
― Karen Booth, A Christmas Temptation

“He was steps away from the revolving doors when he came to a stop. He hadn't looked at window displays the other times he'd been to the store. Not once. But here were crowds of people admiring them, pointing, taking pictures and raving. Children rushed from one window to another. They jumped up and down. There was so much joy and happiness around him. You could feel it in the air. For a moment, he allowed himself to simply soak it up. To drink it in. He'd been missing out on this because he'd decided as a young boy that it wasn't meant for him. (Chapter 12).”
― Karen Booth, A Christmas Temptation

“Sophie runs in heels all the time. That should not be the measure of whether or not she actually meant what she said. - Mindy to Jake (Chapter 12).”
― Karen Booth, A Christmas Temptation