Karen Bethea

“I was foolish because I believed in you. You are a fool because you believe in yourself!”
― J. California Cooper, In Search of Satisfaction

“This the kind of world, if you don’t die, you just keep on growing up and living through everything that comes.”
― J. California Cooper, Some Soul to Keep

“My life had been peaceful, safe, quiet and restful. I had done invited trouble in and I had done put trouble out.”
― J. California Cooper, Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories

“Love entered in my heart one day
A sad, unwelcome guest.
But when it begged that it might stay
I let it stay and rest

It broke my nights with sorrowing
It filled my heart with fears
And, when my soul was prone to sing,
It filled my eyes with tears.

But...now that it has gone its way,
I miss the dear ole pain.
And, sometimes, in the night I pray
That Love might come again.”
― J. California Cooper