“The only thing that's ours to accept is the fact that we don't always get to know the answers.” — Sarah Ockler Answers Copy Share Image
“Your heart's pounding like mad,' he whispered. Fingers brushed my collarbone, tapped gently. 'Ba- bom . Ba- bom .” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Because I realized I was falling for another guy, fifty-six.” — Sarah Ockler Falling Copy Share Image
“But in the end, there were only two boys that really mattered. Matt and Sam.” — Sarah Ockler Boys Copy Share Image
“Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day. Lucky to be alive-that's what everyone said.” — Sarah Ockler Chick-lit Copy Share Image
“My journal, my written thoughts like the lost children of my soul.” — Sarah Ockler Children Copy Share Image
“Same people. Same hellos and goodbyes. Same beginnings and endings. Same befores and afters.” — Sarah Ockler Beginnings and endings Copy Share Image
That was the thing about pictures. No matter how beautiful, they couldn't capture the truly felt parts of a moment. — Sarah Ockler Photography Copy Share Image
“Every morning, I wake up and forget just for a second that it happened. But once my eyes open, it buries me… — Sarah Ockler Every morning Copy Share Image
“Inside her head, Frankie had the map to my entire life, and I to hers. I hated that my feelings for Matt… — Sarah Ockler Entire life Copy Share Image
“you can‘t promise yourself that you‘re not going to fall in love with someone. I‘m not exactly a relationship expert, but I… — Sarah Ockler Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Don't settle, okay? Not for anything. I mean it. You only get this one chance at life, far as I know. Take… — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
“Doesn't matter how many people are in the crowd anymore, Delilah. Ten or ten thousand, I'm still only singing for one.” — Sarah Ockler Delilah Copy Share Image
“She's a human being, just like me. Frail and faulty and flawed, capable of making the most heinous mistakes and inflicting the… — Sarah Ockler Greatest love Copy Share Image
“I wonder how many loose buttons there are in this world, just rolling around in a jar without a mate or a… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“If I closed my eyes as you were talking, it was like I was there, like your stories were my stories. In… — Sarah Ockler Closed eyes Copy Share Image
“Not everyone who comes to Luna's on gig nights is here to see me. Some people are actually more interested in the… — Sarah Ockler Music Aren Copy Share Image
“If Frankie and I hadn't wanted ice cream that stupid day, he'd still be alive. If I hadn't gotten his heart all… — Sarah Ockler Every night Copy Share Image
“I'm still dropping dishes thinking in slow motion about the GPS woman in Mom's car. I imagine her beckoning me from outside… — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
“Everyone says that the internet is so awesome because you can connect with people from all over the world, but I think… — Sarah Ockler Internet Copy Share Image
“Sometimes looking at Frankie is like seeing Matt through a glass of water - a distorted composition of him with all the… — Sarah Ockler Matt Copy Share Image
“It‘s complicated. I think when bad things happen—whether someone dies or people argue or split up—you get to a point where it‘s… — Sarah Ockler Bad thing Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing is that I’ll never know exactly what I lost, how much it should hurt, how long I should keep… — Sarah Ockler Hardest thing Copy Share Image
“Heartless, someone called me the other day. A heartless bitch. But that's where I get stuck. If I'm so heartless, what's this… — Sarah Ockler Heartless Copy Share Image
“When I kissed Sam, I was so scared of erasing Matt. But now I know that I could never erase him. He'll… — Sarah Ockler Kissed 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
“Aaaand we have a winnerrrrr!" a man shouts into the mic in a singsong carnival voice as I lick the last of… — Sarah Ockler Ice cream 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 Gaze 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 First time Copy Share Image
“Aunt Jayne asks if we'd like to stop somewhere for dessert, and since nodding and smiling is easier than shaking our heads… — Sarah Ockler Endangered species Copy Share Image
“I'd rather be completely alone than with a bunch of people aren't real.” — Sarah Ockler People Copy Share Image
“For all its ridiculous imperfections, life is pretty damn perfect sometimes.” — Sarah Ockler Imperfections Copy Share Image
“We arrived in Vermont expecting to fix up the old lake house. But in the end, it was the house that fixed… — Sarah Ockler Home Copy Share Image
