--- title: "10 Way Quotes By Sara Zarr" description: "10 Way quotes by Sara Zarr. Plus more from Sara Zarr and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/sara-zarr-2184_air_he-felt-it-too-the-air-between-us-the-in_3012236.png" --- > [He felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/he-felt-it-too-the-air-between-us-the-invisible-lines-that-something/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/sara-zarr-2184_air_he-felt-it-too-the-air-between-us-the-in_3012236.png) > [Family or love or romance, whatever it is, is not restricted to perfect people. If it were, it wouldn't exist. All of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/family-or-love-or-romance-whatever-it-is-is-not-restricted-to-perfect/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/sara-zarr-2184_family_family-or-love-or-romance-whatever-it-is_1635631.png) > [I wanted to be free to write the way I wanted to write, and my impression of Christian publishing, at least in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-wanted-to-be-free-to-write-the-way-i-wanted-to-write-and-my/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/sara-zarr-2184_christian_i-wanted-to-be-free-to-write-the-way-i-w_2003197.jpg) > [I don’t want these memories to become slippery, to just disappear into the thin air of life the way most things seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-want-these-memories-to-become-slippery-to-just-disappear-into/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/sara-zarr-2184_air_i-don-t-want-these-memories-to-become-sl_3059000.png) > [It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/it-s-just-so-out-of-control-life-i-mean-the-way-it-flies-off-in-all/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/847/sara-zarr-2184_different_it-s-just-so-out-of-control-life-i-mean_972562.png) > [In a way, “failure” is just another word for “the journey,” for not being there yet but on the way. It’s the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/in-a-way-failure-is-just-another-word-for-the-journey-for-not-being/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/sara-zarr-2184_being-there_in-a-way-failure-is-just-another-word-fo_1955698.png) > [The importance of our connection, what it meant to find each other again, the way it made what happened to us and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-importance-of-our-connection-what-it-meant-to-find-each-other/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/sara-zarr-2184_bye_the-importance-of-our-connection-what-it_83574.png) > [I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-do-have-a-little-bit-more-confidence-in-or-at-least-familiarity/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/sara-zarr-2184_confidence_i-do-have-a-little-bit-more-confidence-i_156299.jpg) > [There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark¦ their place in your heart is tender; a bruise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/there-are-certain-people-who-come-into-your-life-and-leave-a-mark/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/sara-zarr-2184_bruises_there-are-certain-people-who-come-into-y_757366.jpg) > [I don't yell back at my mother. When I'm angry or scared or upset, I don't yell. I stay quiet. I've seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-yell-back-at-my-mother-when-i-m-angry-or-scared-or-upset-i/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/sara-zarr-2184_angry_i-don-t-yell-back-at-my-mother-when-i-m_996243.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Sara Zarr > [My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/my-books-have-been-translated-into-various-languages-and-sold-in/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“Is this okay with you, Jenna? For him to stay here?" "Yeah," I said. "It's good. You have no idea what it takes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/is-this-okay-with-you-jenna-for-him-to-stay-here-yeah-i-said-it-s/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/remember-that-no-matter-where-i-am-or-what-i-m-doing-i-ve-got-a/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“I don't understand, Jenna, why you couldn't give him a ride home?" Mom struck the archetypal Mom pose-hands on hips, perplexed look on face,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-don-t-understand-jenna-why-you-couldn-t-give-him-a-ride-home-mom/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I lived too much in my head instead of the real world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-lived-too-much-in-my-head-instead-of-the-real-world/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [The importance of our connection, what it meant to find each other again, the way it made what happened to us and between us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-importance-of-our-connection-what-it-meant-to-find-each-other/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“And part of being American is respecting all people's right to be whatever they want to be and at the same time respecting your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/and-part-of-being-american-is-respecting-all-people-s-right-to-be/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [And he left. I watched him walk out – he didn’t say good-bye, he didn’t even look back. It scared me, how easy it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/and-he-left-i-watched-him-walk-out-he-didn-t-say-good-bye-he-didn-t/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I tend to describe recurring themes as being part of a writer's DNA - something so deeply embedded in us that even we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-tend-to-describe-recurring-themes-as-being-part-of-a-writer-s-dna/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-do-have-a-little-bit-more-confidence-in-or-at-least-familiarity/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [The world was full of beauty. She wanted to grab hold of it and take it down into her bones. Yet always it seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-world-was-full-of-beauty-she-wanted-to-grab-hold-of-it-and-take/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“Does all this have anything to do with Cameron coming back?" "Basically." She didn't put any letters down. Our game had effectively stopped. "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/does-all-this-have-anything-to-do-with-cameron-coming-back-basically/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/i-m-not-really-a-plot-writer-i-m-more-interested-in-the-characters/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“Apparently, the world was perfect in 1958.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/apparently-the-world-was-perfect-in-1958/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) > [“The sight of them (her friends) let a little air into her soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-zarr/the-sight-of-them-her-friends-let-a-little-air-into-her-soul/) [Sara Zarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-zarr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sara-zarr/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By Sara Zarr", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. 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