“She must ask; she must heal, and if she couldn’t heal, she must suffer, but if there was a chance, she must take it.”
— Kellyn Roth
“It’s like being offered lemonade after having something really sweet. The lemonade was wonderful before, but it just tastes sour after.”
— Kellyn Roth
“Adele, if you think that, no matter how mad you drive me, that I want to give you up, you are insane, possibly more insane than is healthy.”
— Kellyn Roth
“… but we’ll be back for dinner … especially if you’re having soup de jour!”“Now, Troy! You know very well that soup de jour means ‘soup of the day.’ It changes every time!”
— Kellyn Roth
“Most of my money remains in England, although my unworthy carcass may not under usual circumstances …”
— Kellyn Roth
“[A]ll these years, I had been telling myself that my feelings for you were a juvenile infatuation; a dream inspired by my secret hope that somewhere there could be a creature who could love me.”
— Kellyn Roth
“I’m not God, and I can’t always offer chances. I’m not sure if this won’t be your last.”
— Kellyn Roth
“I’m an idiot for trying to avoid these feelings because they have caused me pain in the past.”
— Kellyn Roth
“If Miss Elton spoke water instead of words, then there would have been a repetition of Noah’s flood.”
— Kellyn Roth
“I love Alice more than life itself, but I can’t keep her hidden forever.”
— Kellyn Roth
“Ghosts!” gasped Alice. “Real, live ghosts?”“No! Not ‘real, live ghosts!’ Spooky, dead ghosts!”
— Kellyn Roth
“Nothing good in this world comes free! For everything there’s a payment of time or money or soul!”
— Kellyn Roth
“Low and behold what comes of reading too many romance novels.”
— Kellyn Roth
“She didn’t think she could be a Christian if perfection was required.”
— Kellyn Roth
“You made a lifetime commitment before God and the world. A silly thing like a divorce doesn’t reverse it.”
— Kellyn Roth
“What a mess you’ve made of the simplest of subjects, Della.”
— Kellyn Roth