There were so many places in my time with Rogerson that I wished I could go back to, hitting the stop button at just one moment to stop everything that came after. I had so many If Onlys, but each place I thought to stop meant missing something that came later. I needed it all, in the end, to make my own story find its finish.
Sarah DessenTags: acceptance story growing regret what-if experiences go-back if-only missing-something do-over turn-back-time
My dreams were dull as my everyday life.
Sarah DessenAll I wanted - all I’d ever wanted - was just to get away. To be somewhere small where I could crowd in and feel safe, all four walls pressed around me, no one staring or pointing or yelling.
Sarah DessenTags: sarah-dessen just-listen
That’s what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You can never know for sure, so you’d better make every second count.
What you have to decide, is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you’d want to have spent it ?
Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody.
So don’t be afraid. Be alive.
It [I'm leaving] wasn't really necessary to say, especially if you were already walking away. Almost redundant. And yet, there was a comfort in being no question, no room for doubt.
Sarah DessenFinally he asks, "What if that's not enough? What if I need something else?"
And she replies, "Whatever you need, I will find a way to get it to you. I will give you the moon, and more.
Nothing happens for ages, and then all the changes come at once.
Sarah DessenI tried to see it as bringing things full circle. I'd left and, in doing so, fractured myself. By returning, I'd be able to be whole again.
Sarah DessenThe thing about Whitney," I said, "is that she was always really private. So you never knew if anything was wrong with her.
Sarah DessenIt was the only time I'd ever heard someone ask, "Can you grab me the spoon?" as opposed to "a spoon," which at least connoted there was more than one.
Sarah DessenTags: humor this-lullaby
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