I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on. maybe it had seen places you never had, been rerouted and passed through so many strange hands, but still somehow found its way back to you, all before the day even began.
Sarah DessenAnd so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping by
force.” She sighed, then reached up, dropping her sunglasses down from
their perch on her head to cover her eyes. “Do you even realize how happy
the average teenage girl would be in your shoes? I have a credit card. We’re
at the mall. I want to buy you things. It’s like adolescent nirvana.”
- Cora
Tags: funny
I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I didn't want to think about, if not block them out completely.
Sarah DessenTags: music sarah-dessen just-listen
I just think that some things are meant to be broken, imperfect, chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, ya know? [...] If everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that. You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then, otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.
Sarah DessenIt's not always so simple, Haven. Sometimes there isn't a good guy and a bad guy. Sometimes even the ones you want to believe turn out to be liars.
Sarah DessenBut there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.
Sarah DessenYou couldn't see the key around my neck: it hung too low under both collars. But if I leaned in close, I could make it out, buried deep beneath. Out of sight, hard to recognize, but still able to be found, even if I was the only one to ever look for it.
Sarah DessenTags: lock-and-key
He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't.
Sarah DessenWe all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways: the ocean, lapis lazuli, the sky, someone's eyes. Our definitions are as different as we are ourselves.
Sarah DessenBut you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.
Sarah DessenTags: inspirational
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