“The first moments of being awake are neutral, as they always are, waiting for us to assign memory and meaning from the… — Sarah Ockler 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 Copy Share Image
“They say true genius often strikes in the pale moments between awake and asleep.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“But once in a while, you pick the right thing, the exact best thing. Every day, the moment you open your eyes… — Sarah Ockler 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 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
“We only had this one life. We could wish for the past all day long. We could look at old pictures and… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“As we rolled down the Million Dollar Highway, I closed my eyes and held him close around the waist, and he squeezed… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“But I knew he wouldn't kiss me. Not tonight. Not like this. There was too much between us now, all the words… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Aunt Rachel says tahat the universe is always trying to speak to us, and that the universe doesn't waste time speaking about… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“They didn’t hold Frankie as she sobbed for hours at a time without talking. They didn’t make sure she ate even when… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“In that moment, in the smoky haze, Celi looks grown up and wounded, and I realize how young I really am in… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“There was no going back to the way things were, because all you ever got was the way things are. One moment.… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“For all its ridiculous imperfections, life is pretty damn perfect sometimes.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“I was falling in love. I am losing my father. With Emilio Vargas. To smoke and shadow. My heart fluttered. My heart aches. To… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Sometimes life rocks so hard your heart wants to explode just because the sun came up and you got to feel it on your… — Sarah Ockler 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 thinking about… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“I was, but then I realized that I was holding on to something that didn't exist anymore. That the person I missed didn't exist… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“But when he died, I saw - nothing. There was nothing left to see. It happened and it was impossible and beautiful and then… — Sarah Ockler 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 it. Even… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“...while well-meaning relatives and friends stopped by, bearing an endless supply of cards and food in disposable foil pans and saying all the wrong… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“What if I come back and I'm different, Anna? Sometimes you go to a place where everything is different, and everything you ever know… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Patrick leans in for a hug through the open doorway, and in his arms I'm reminded of the other dream I had last night,… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
