It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“The doorbell rang during dinner. Alan got up to answer, saying, "If it's the missionaries I might let them in. I'm too… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be… — Sara Zarr Book Copy Share Image
My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because… — Sara Zarr Book Copy Share Image
the past only had whatever power you gave it; life was what you made it and if you wanted something different from… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“counted because things in my life had a way of disappearing on me, and I’d learned not to trust what I thought… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
There's a lot that is awful. That's the struggle of getting old. To make sure you don't let what's hard...obscure the beauty. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was… — Sara Zarr Book Copy Share Image
“Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways,… — Sara Zarr Language Copy Share Image
“*Story of a Girl By:Sara Zarr *Lexile:760 SRC:12 pts. *Personal Issues *Choice of getting a job to move out *Major Choice *In… — Sara Zarr Choices Copy Share Image
Forgetting isn't enough. You can paddle away from the memories and think they are gone. But they will keep floating back, again… — Sara Zarr Circles Copy Share Image
“Or she could return to the beginning, to the first moment she'd started to feel like playing wasn't for her anymore. But… — Sara Zarr Every moment Copy Share Image
Your greatest creation is your creative life. It's all in your hands. Rejection can't take it away; reviews can't take it away.… — Sara Zarr Art Copy Share Image
“We should just get a giant bottle of bargain vodka or something," Gil said, pushing his gorilla mask back on his head.… — Sara Zarr High school Copy Share Image
It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night,… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“His voice just shot through me. It’s amazing, the things your body will do just when you don’t want them to: heart… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
and i don't just mean that they change you. a lot of people can change you - the first kid who called… — Sara Zarr Best friend Copy Share Image
“You didn't call me last night." "Was I supposed to?" He looked down. "Just figured now that you had my number...Kept my… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Trust me, Jennifer. Just...trust me." I drove another block or two. "Why should I?" "Why shouldn't you?" Because you left me, Cameron.… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Why did you come back to Salt Lake?" I knew the answer before I asked the question and he knew I knew,… — Sara Zarr Life Copy Share Image
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… — Sara Zarr Angry Copy Share Image
“I think about how there are certain people who come into your life, and leave a mark. I don’t mean the usual… — Sara Zarr Best friend Copy Share Image
“I can't believe this crap. Jolly ranchers? Gummy worms?" Katy rifled through the pile of candy she'd dumped onto Steph's floor. "Where's… — Sara Zarr Candy Copy Share Image
“Remember that time we got snowed in at school? Everyone had to wait for their parents to get them, but our parents… — Sara Zarr Bus driver Copy Share Image
A know a place called New Beginnings, but I don't think it works quite like that. You can't just erase everything that… — Sara Zarr Beginnings Copy Share Image
“...reigning Miss Predictability," Steph said, "proudly representing the fine state of Utah." "My inability to be spontaneous is part of my charm."… — Sara Zarr Utah Copy Share Image
I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on… — Sara Zarr Attitude Copy Share Image
“I didn't say it didn't feel good..." They never tell you this part in sex ed, how to talk about what you… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“I don't want these memories to become slippery, to disapper into the thin air of life the way most things seem to.… — Sara Zarr Life Copy Share Image
Making lists of favorite things is, for me, a task ridden with anxiety. What if I've accidentally excluded something I love? What… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Katy skipped over, her low-rise jeans threatening to fall off her skinny hips. With some girls, that was a sexy look. With… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
I tend to describe recurring themes as being part of a writer's DNA - something so deeply embedded in us that even… — Sara Zarr Being Copy Share Image
I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
And he left. I watched him walk out – he didn’t say good-bye, he didn’t even look back. It scared me, how… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“He said I didn't need to save him." "But you want to." "Yeah. But I can't. Right?" "Probably not. Usually not.” — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“Was it only because he happened to be the one who came along when he did? Could it have been anyone? Or… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
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.… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
“It was knowing someone else thought about me for more than one second, maybe thought about me when I wasn't there.” — Sara Zarr Thought Copy Share Image
I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17. — Sara Zarr Character Copy Share Image
