Better than the Prom Quotes

“You can’t wait 17 hours for me?’
‘Buxbaum, I’ve waited my whole life for you.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“Liz Buxbaum had always been my secret. She was the incredible thing I’d known about but everyone else seemed to miss. The treasure hidden in plain sight, the fortune of a lifetime that was somehow only visible to me.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“The rest of the world disappeared as I looked at her.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“I wondered what she'd think if she knew the quote from Jerry McGuire-You complete me- flashed through my very soul as I watched her laugh.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“Liz Buxbaum was killing me softly and there was nothing I could do to ease the pain.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“Anything you want, Buxbaum. As long as I'm with you, it will the perfect day.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“My Liz was fired-up, and it was perfection.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“As I worked my ass off to give my date the attention she deserved, a Taylor Swift song came on. I could hear the notes of "New Year's Day", the combination of melodious piano and Taylor's soft voice, and I held out for as long as I could. I was strong for a few minutes, but it was impossible for me not to look back in Liz's direction.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“But God, Michael hadn't earned her smile.
It wasn't fair.
I saw her first.
Liz Buxbaum had always been my secret. She was the incredible thing I'd known about but everyone else seemed to miss. The treasure hidden in plain sight, the fortune of a lifetime that was somehow only visible to me.
But now Micheal had seen her.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“Buxbaum, I've waited my whole life for you.”
― Lynn painter, Better than the Prom

“It's weird how sometimes there can be a penny that's like always there, and you think you don't need it and don't even like it, right? [...] Then you wake up one day and your eyes are opened to just how amazing pennies are. How had you not noticed before, right? I mean, they're like the best coins ever. As in, better than all the other coins combined. But when you weren't careful and lost your penny and you just wish you could make your penny understand how much you regret not cherishing it but it's too late because you lost it.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom