“I‘m not in love with him. I‘m in love with the way he erases things.” — Sarah Ockler Love Copy Share Image
“music, the universal language of love and hope and loss and everything else.” — Sarah Ockler Hope Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever really goes away--it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.” — Sarah Ockler Beautiful Copy Share Image
“We can get used to just about anything but it doesn't mean it's okay” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“We have the ability to pass our memories on. We just have to tell them to someone.” — Sarah Ockler Memories Copy Share Image
“You can't help who you love,"he says,"even if the timing is horrendous.” — Sarah Ockler Horrendous Copy Share Image
“But I don't know how to speak the language of impossible dreams en français.” — Sarah Ockler Dreams Copy Share Image
“You ask me why I’m nice to you,” he said. “Why, why, why. But you don’t ask me stuff that matters. Who… — Sarah Ockler Love Copy Share Image
Weeping is not the same thing as crying, It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“I just swallow hard. Nod and smile. One foot in front of the other. I'm fine, thanks for not asking.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“How can I fault her for trying to bury a truth that when exposed to air and sunlight could only hurt the… — Sarah Ockler Truth Copy Share Image
“I’ll never know exactly what I lost, how much it should hurt, how long I should keep thinking about him.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“What good are all those bits of nostalgia when the one thing that truly holds you to a place - the one… — Sarah Ockler Nostalgia Copy Share Image
“It takes forty muscles to frown, and only twelve to jam a cupcake in your mouth and get over it.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you gotta just take things for what they are and appreciate them, not try to label it or explain it. Explanations… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“I've played a few times, Anna. Remember the parties?" "Not exactly." I must have been in the bathroom during that part of… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“All the little quirks that make even the most barren, frigid places beautiful, that make a tiny gray dot on the map… — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
“When it happens, you’re totally unprepared, fragmented and lost, looking for the hidden meaning in every little thing. I’ve replayed the events… — Sarah Ockler Butterfly Copy Share Image
“According to the crazy, bug-eating guys on those survival shows, human beings are the most adaptable creatures on earth- we can get… — Sarah Ockler Survival Copy Share Image
“No powdery residue. But definitely suspicious. Smell." He slides a makeup catalog from beneath a microscope made out of a plate, a… — Sarah Ockler Mary kay Copy Share Image
“What do you need, Josh? Just name it. Anything. I'm totally here for you. I knew I could count on you, Hudson.… — Sarah Ockler Good kisser Copy Share Image
“I took a deep breath, let it out slowly, watched it settle against Emilio's lips. He shivered and whispered my name, and… — Sarah Ockler Falling in love Copy Share Image
“I wish we could get a real tree," Bug says. "Then at least we'd have one real tradition, since that whole Santa… — Sarah Ockler Christmas Copy Share Image
“He’s a dumb ass,” Emilio said to me. “I’m almost finished.” The second he was out of earshot, Marcus sauntered back up… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Where is Frankie, anyway?" Dad asks. "It's almost noon. I'm surprised you two can stand the separation." I take a deep breath… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“-Wait, Anna, do you hear it? Listen" "-What is it?" It sounds like barking. "-Look- seals." She points about thirty feet down… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“You know, hon, after Stephie died, we never really talked about her." she says, her hands tight around the cart handle. "There's… — Sarah Ockler Best friend Copy Share Image
“I can't stop thinking about what he felt like against my body, against my lips. I can't remember anything else, anything before… — sarah ockler Copy Share Image
“Whenever we could steal a few minutes alone, that’s when we became the “other”, the charged-up thing that kept me up at… — Sarah Ockler Every night Copy Share Image
“The whole idea of losing one's virginity is kind of ridiculous. To lose something implies carelessness. A mistake that you can fix… — Sarah Ockler Cell phone Copy Share Image
“Virgin, right?" the voice asks again. It comes from the tall one with white-blond hair falling into his eyes. Frankie is still… — Sarah Ockler Virgin Copy Share Image
“For all its ridiculous imperfections, life is pretty damn perfect sometimes.” — Sarah Ockler Imperfections Copy Share Image
“I'd rather be completely alone than with a bunch of people aren't real.” — Sarah Ockler People Copy Share Image
