“I'm going to check on you in the night," he said. "At random intervals of my choosing." "I figured.” — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth book I wrote. — Sara Zarr Book Copy Share Image
No one measures a life in weeks and days. You measure life in years and by the things that happen to you. — Sara Zarr Life Copy Share Image
“Life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong, and complaints about the world around you.” — Sara Zarr Anxiety Copy Share Image
“I, Deanna Lambert, belong to no one and no one belongs to me. I don't know what to do.” — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I always felt that church is where I'm going to find my community and people to live my life with. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I'm so focused on trying to craft the story that I'm in my own little world with it and that process. The… — Sara Zarr Books Copy Share Image
“Okay, then, what was he like? Just give me something to go on so that I have a shot at him!' 'A… — Sara Zarr Flirtation Copy Share Image
Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete. — Sara Zarr Circles Copy Share Image
That's how life feels to me. Everyone is doing it; everyone knows how. To live and be who they are and find… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“This was why Mom had told me to keep an eye on her. As tough as Dixie was, when it came to… — Sara Zarr Dixie Copy Share Image
“Live in the present. Take care of the relationships in front of you now. Most friendships have a natural life, and when… — Sara Zarr Friend Copy Share Image
Life was mostly made up of things you couldn’t control, full of surprises, and they weren’t always good. Life wasn’t what you… — Sara Zarr Good life Copy Share Image
In a way, “failure” is just another word for “the journey,” for not being there yet but on the way. It’s the… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Ethan and I are done," I said finally. "I'm sorry." "He was my first boyfriend." "I know." "The only real boyfriend I've… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“I won't drink at the party," he said quickly. "If you don't want me to, I won't. I swear it right now.… — Sara Zarr Chivalrous Copy Share Image
When a young reader tells you that they'd never finished a book outside of school until they read yours, or that they… — Sara Zarr Book Copy Share Image
The importance of our connection, what it meant to find each other again, the way it made what happened to us and… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Why do people...we...why do we drag around like life is so awful?' Why did they forget that there was so much to… — Sara Zarr Beauty Copy Share Image
“We had this time. We had this little bit of time together for being honest. It felt sharp and finite, like it… — Sara Zarr Family drama Copy Share Image
“When you go to high school, and you're trying to figure yourself out, sometimes it takes doing things that you don't like… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“I couldn't see beyond the walls of our apartment or the few miles between home and school. Every day was about getting… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Wait in the car." He opened the door and started to climb out. "Hold on! How long should I give you? What… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Stuff happens to most people. One thing going wrong, I mean. One family member missing a chance to help. One who cuts… — Sara Zarr Children Copy Share Image
“But as I get older I think – can it really be love if we don’t talk that much, don’t see each… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“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… — Sara Zarr Bare feet Copy Share Image
The world was full of beauty. She wanted to grab hold of it and take it down into her bones. Yet always… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“At the corner of K street and Fourth Avenue, I slowed down to let a pedestrian cross, a boy around my age.… — Sara Zarr Cell phone Copy Share Image
It's not words, so much, just my mind going blank and thoughts reaching up up up, me wishing I could climb through… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Watching Cameron come toward us I could see why Katy used the words "hot" and "gorgeous" to describe him-he definitely had nice… — Sara Zarr Elementary school Copy Share Image
the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That's the unfinished business between us. because love,… — Sara Zarr Business Copy Share Image
“Kip is still one of my best friends. When you have a shared experience with someone who showed you some kindness when… — Sara Zarr Best friend Copy Share Image
“Because we were having a family crisis." " Your family had a crisis?" "Yes, Ethan. My family. Had a crisis. A crisis… — Sara Zarr Crisis Copy Share Image
I never had a connection like that to anyone, where every day you think about what you’ll tell them and you wonder… — Sara Zarr Connection Copy Share Image
When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the… — Sara Zarr Books Copy Share Image
I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to… — Sara Zarr Class Copy Share Image
I looked at my hand resting on the shelf of the prop cabinet, thinking of the scars that were there whether anyone… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Is it good, bad, or neutral to recognize thematic patterns in your own work? When it comes to recurring themes, I'm of… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
