The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please. — Sara Zarr Books Copy Share Image
I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion. — Sara Zarr Emotion Copy Share Image
We'd need a miracle," he says. "A real one. Do you think those happen anymore? — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Mom always says that doubt is just another way of expressing faith.” — Sara Zarr Doubt Copy Share Image
The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“The sight of them (her friends) let a little air into her soul.” — Sara Zarr Friends Copy Share Image
Everyone has an identity crisis when they are 16 or 17 years old. — Sara Zarr Crisis Copy Share Image
“And I’ll dream about living there one day myself, about boats and bicycles and water, and a dog running next to me… — Sara Zarr Dream Copy Share Image
“ Happy Birthday, Jennifer. And a pencil-line drawing of a house. And under a piece of Scotch tape a ring, just a… — Sara Zarr Birthday Copy Share Image
That's how you know you really trust someone, I think; when you don't have to talk all the time to make sure… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Ethan couldn’t possibly understand it, what Cameron and I meant to each other and how different it was from anything like a… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I wanted to be free to write the way I wanted to write, and my impression of Christian publishing, at least in… — Sara Zarr Christian Copy Share Image
“We're going to trick-or-treat," she said. "I don't care how old we are. We are going to exploit the free candy situation… — Sara Zarr Candy Copy Share Image
Don't ask me how I am,' I blurt. 'Please.' I want to keep feeling good. Just because the lights are on doesn't… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I see the future and it's like I'm a blank. I mean I know what I'll look like, that I'll exist.… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign… — Sara Zarr Book Copy Share Image
“They're lucky," I said. I was already imagining our good-bye-we'd both cry, we'd have a good long hug, we'd say things we… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
This was a memory I wanted to keep, whole, and recall again and again. When I was fifty years old I wanted… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Only, don't mistake a new place for a new you. I've done that more than once. You asked me before why I… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
It came down to the smallest things, really, that a person could do to say I’m sorry, to say it’s okay, to… — Sara Zarr Declaration Copy Share Image
I get a message from my dad. In the mood I'm in, I tear up to see his name in my inbox,… — Sara Zarr Age Copy Share Image
There are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark¦ their place in your heart is tender; a bruise… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it… — Sara Zarr Confidence Copy Share Image
“I thought of what Cameron said about the day I came across the yard to him to ask him to be in… — Sara Zarr Brave and strong Copy Share Image
“How did you find me?" "I've followed you for a long time." He must have mistaken the look on my face for… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Love. That was the piece that had been missing, way before Prague. That was that piece that had been missing in her… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“It happened right then; he looked at me and it was the thing I’d been waiting for but didn’t know it. I… — Sara Zarr Crush Copy Share Image
“So, Cameron," Steph continued, "auditions for the school play are next week. You should come. We need more males of the species… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I still stare into space and think about Cameron. I think about how there are certain people who come into your… — Sara Zarr Best friend Copy Share Image
“ My dad died, I write. almost a year ago. Car accident. My hand is shaking; my eyes sting and fill. I… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Is this okay with you, Jenna? For him to stay here?" "Yeah," I said. "It's good. You have no idea what it… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Do you ever feel helpless?" "Helpless, useless, clueless. And old. Don't forget old.” — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Is that the destiny of all friendships, no matter how good they are? To die out or fade away? To end?” — Sara Zarr Destiny Copy Share Image
