The Bridge Ladies Quotes

“Facebook may connect us across the world and throughout eternity, but it won’t deliver a pot roast.”
― Betsy Lerner, The Bridge Ladies

“How many Jewish grandmothers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? You shouldn’t worry . . . I’ll sit in the dark.”
― Betsy Lerner, The Bridge Ladies

“God shined down his light on our fair city and conferred an Apple Store upon us. Did I really have any reason to complain?”
― Betsy Lerner, The Bridge Ladies

“I remember watching my mother emerge from her bedroom on a night when she and my father were going out, all dressed up in heels and hose, a skirt or dress that cinched her waist, her pearl choker like a ring around the moon. I’d watch her from my perch in the kitchen, walking trancelike as she fastened the back of an earring. I’d like to be small again, just for a little while, and feel close to her. I never really appreciated my mother. I never appreciated myself.”
― Betsy Lerner, The Bridge Ladies

“My mother is always eager to talk when I come over, as if she were a famous actress and I am Diane Sawyer.”
― Betsy Lerner, The Bridge Ladies

“It's just a game,” she says. Make no mistake: people who say it's just a game are out for blood.”
― Betsy Lerner, The Bridge Ladies