Karen Roe quotes from One Tree Hill

Karen

Haley comes from a big family. When Lucas and I met her, I think they were eight or nine. But she saw it was just me and Lucas, and she said, "Yeah, I come from a big family. I think you guys need me more."

Lucas

Mom, you okay?

Karen

Yeah. Do you know who left it?

Lucas

Coach Durham, probably. He asked me to play.

Karen

Maybe you should. [ Chuckles ]

Lucas

You sound like Skills. Those guys refused to play today. They said they didn't want to be my excuse.

Karen

How'd you feel about that?

Lucas

Honestly? I was pissed. Those guys are supposed to be my friends.

Karen

They are your friends. [She shows him a picture of himself as a boy, with a basketball] Do you remember that?

Lucas

My first leather basketball. That was the year that skill's father told us there was no Santa Claus.

Karen

Yeah, and I tried to talk you out of it. [ Chuckles ] then you said something I'll never forget. You said you felt bad for the kids who never figured it out, because when they grew up and had kids of their own, there wouldn't be any gifts on Christmas morning. You're a good kid, Luke. But sometimes I feel like you're sitting out your life on account of me, and I don't want that for you. My past is not your future, okay?

Lucas

I didn’t want to be like him and I was afraid that I’d become him if I played. In the gym, I felt like he had a piece of me. I never felt like that on the playground.

Karen

Well, I’d say he’s taken enough from us. I took the night off to watch my son play again. The way that he used to when he loved the game more than anything.

Karen

When I found out I was pregnant, Dan already had a basketball scholarship, and nothing was going to get in the way of that. But then something strange happened. Right before classes started, Dan changed his mind. He said he’d finish the semester and…we’d get married. So when I went into labor and you appeared, the nurse asked for your name, and I said it was Scott. Keith was there, and when the nurse brought you in, she let him hold you. I’ve known Keith my whole life, and that’s the only time I’ve seen him cry. Your father never showed up.

Lucas

So to hell with him. I don’t want his name.

Karen

Keith’s a Scott too, you know.

Karen

Lucas called tonight a date for us. And for a while, I pretended that it was. And it felt good.

Keith

[Half-asleep] Can I tell you a secret?

Karen

Sure. Go ahead.

Keith

I pretended that too. [Karen smiles]

Keith

I love you. Always have.

Karen

You remember when you said the other night that I had good instincts and that I should trust them?

Keith

Yeah.

Karen

You were right.

Peyton

Hey, it's me. [Talking to Luke lying in the hospital unconscious] Can you hear me? Squeeze my hand if you can hear me, okay? Never mind. Umm, I just came by to tell you that I'm probably not going to be around here much with Brooke here. It's just kind of weird, but I'm with you, Lucas. You know that, and I'll wait forever if I have to. [Karen walks in.] Oh, I'm sorry. Nobody was here.

Karen

You don't have to go. He's allowed visitors.

Peyton

Okay. I'm Peyton.

Karen

I know. Lucas has talked about you. It's nice that people want to do something, but that's the last thing I want to think about is food.

Peyton

Yeah, but you'll be glad you had it in a couple of days. I swear the cooks in this hospital gets a bonus for making people sick.

Karen

Sounds like you spent some time here.

Peyton

Yeah, when my mom died.

Karen

I'm sorry. How'd she die?

Peyton

A car accident.

Karen

You're a good friend to visit. I've been expecting Haley to come on by.

Peyton

Her and Lucas got in some kind of an argument, and she's been beating herself up over it.

Karen

They'll patch it up. Best friends can forgive each other over anything.

Dan

[about Lucas' surgery] They handed me the consent forms. He needed surgery. You have a right to be upset, but...

Karen

Thank you.

Deb

I miss Nathan.

Karen

I miss Keith.

Peyton

I miss Jake.

Brooke

I don't really miss Felix, at all. Or my parents that much. But I miss my money.

Karen

Haley? Are you Okay?

Haley

Yeah, if okay's, like, heels that are killing me and underwear that's digging into my ribcage and I'm about five minutes from going home and binging on cookie dough.

Whitey

Karen I know what you're going through. I lost the love of my life too.

Karen

Yea, you had Camilla for a lifetime; I had Keith for a few weeks.

Whitey

Whose fault was that? (Karen slaps him) I'm glad to see you’re still in there. Now, you listen to me. I said that because I know the guilt that you're caring around. And you’re wrong to feel it. Feeling guilty is not gonna bring Keith back.

Karen

Don't I have a right to feel bad?

Whitey

You know Lucas was so broken up he couldn't play the last game? No, I didn't think so. Look Karen, you gave Keith the thing that he loved most in all the world, Lucas. He was never happier than when he was talking about you and that boy. You gave him a son for a lifetime and you let him matter to Lucas. I know how that feels. Karen, you couldn’t have given him much more. Let the guilt fall away, let it go.

Karen

You know, this trip wasn't just about finding you a school. It was about finding a way back.

Lucas

To what?

Karen

To a place where it's okay to dream again. You know, you walked away from basketball so that you could live a long life. What are you gonna do with that life. What's your next dream, Lucas?

Lucas

Literature, you asked me about my future; if I could go to any college it would be to UNC to study literature.

Karen

My son, the next great American author.

Lucas

I don't know about that, ma.

Karen

And, UNC would be your dream school?

Lucas

Yea, sure, I mean if we had the money.

Karen

Okay, listen to me. Before we left the lawyer who drew up the adoption papers called. He told me that ever since you were born Keith has been saving a fund for you for college. I didn't know about it myself. He dreamed your dream with you Lucas. And, if this is something that you really want then you have the grades, then you can have it. Because, Keith left it for you.

Lucas

God, I miss him so much.

Karen

He's always with you, always. You make him proud.

Lucas

I will.

Karen

We need to talk about this pregnancy.

Lucas

Keith would be so happy. I mean I can't believe you're having his baby.

Karen

I'm not talking about that pregnancy. Whose test did you find at the reception? Was it Brooke's?

Lucas

I'm not sure yet.

Karen

I'm your mother Lucas, and considering that I was pregnant at 17. I just want to know if history is repeating itself with my son and his girlfriend.

Karen

Dan..?

Dan

I have done some horrible things, unforgivable things. Lucas didn't need a father, he had one. He had the person who helped him bridge the shame of my cowardness. Everything I've touched has diminished: Deb's life, Nathan's talent.Keith...

Karen Roe

Come here. You're not without redemption. I've seen it, I see it!

Dan Scott

That's not true, it's not true. I just wanna...wanna go back, you know. I just wanna go back. I...I wanna take that little kid that I used to be and just grab him and shake him and say you stop, stop, JUST STOP! I wanna wake up from this nightmare, you know, I wanna breathe again. I wanna, I wanna breathe again, Karen. Can you help me breathe? Can you help me quiet these voices in my head that tell me that I've lost you? 'Cause I know I have... If only I would've stayed with you..(Then the song starts with the words: gonna make a man out of you)

Lucas

Going somewhere, Dan?

Dan

What do you think you're doing, Lucas?

Lucas

I'm protecting my mother. (Karen comes in; Lucas pulls out a gun and points it at Dan)

Dan

What are you gonna do, shoot me?

Lucas

Yes, I am. Just like you shot my uncle Keith.

Karen

Lucas, what are you doing with a gun? Put that down right now.

Lucas

I can't.

Karen

Lucas!

Lucas

You know that text message Dan just got? I sent it. I pretended to be Abby. You know, the girl who watched him murder Keith? You heard him. Abby was just a little problem he thought he'd taken care of.

Dan

Don't listen to him, Karen, he's delusional.

Lucas

Maybe you should tell the truth when I have a gun aimed at your head!

Karen

Lucas, please. Just put the gun down, alright? I can't... I can't...

Dan

Karen?! (leans down to check her)

Lucas

Do not touch her! Mom?! Mom, are you okay?!

Dan

She could be having a miscarriage!

Lucas

You stay right there! Do not touch her!

Dan

Lucas!

Lucas

That is my mother! I swear to God I'll kill you!!