“You can't help who you love,"he says,"even if the timing is horrendous.” — Sarah Ockler Horrendous Copy Share Image
“We have the ability to pass our memories on. We just have to tell them to someone.” — Sarah Ockler Memories Copy Share Image
“We can get used to just about anything but it doesn't mean it's okay” — Sarah Ockler Mean Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever really goes away--it just changes into something else. Something beautiful.” — Sarah Ockler Beautiful Copy Share Image
“But I don't know how to speak the language of impossible dreams en français.” — Sarah Ockler Dreams Copy Share Image
“For all its ridiculous imperfections, life is pretty damn perfect sometimes.” — Sarah Ockler Imperfections Copy Share Image
“Sure, Mom." There are worse punishments than tailing Patrick all summer. Don't contractors usually work without shirts?” — Sarah Ockler Punishments Copy Share Image
“What if he thinks I'm a tourist girl looking for some romantics long distance love affair just so she can share his… — Sarah Ockler Distance love Copy Share Image
“Would 'sorry' have made any difference? Does it ever? It's just a word. One word against a thousand actions.” — Sarah Ockler Actions Copy Share Image
“I used to think certain people in my life were the real deal. That we'd stay tight forever.” — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
There was no going back to the way things were, because all you ever got was the way things are. — Sarah Ockler Acceptance Copy Share Image
“The first moments of being awake are neutral, as they always are, waiting for us to assign memory and meaning from the… — Sarah Ockler Awake Copy Share Image
“No one wants to do it with a chick who smells like bacon." Her brow creases. "Everybody loves bacon.” — Sarah Ockler Bacon Copy Share Image
“I wonder how much we don‘t see. How much of our lives we witness and accept as truth when the rest of… — Sarah Ockler Iceberg Copy Share Image
“When you're out here alone, contemplating all the things you didn't do and the person you didn't become ... if you think… — Sarah Ockler Contemplating Copy Share Image
“Why did he leave so fast at the end? Who was on the phone? A girl? That's it, he must have a… — Sarah Ockler Girlfriend 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 Time Copy Share Image
“He read with intensity and was passionately in love with every character, every turn of plot or twist of language. He made… — Sarah Ockler Books 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 Best Copy Share Image
“It’s strange,” I say, rubbing my feet against his. “I feel like I should be sad, but I’m not. It’s not that… — Sarah Ockler Feel 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… — Sarah Ockler Change Copy Share Image
“Like the stars, fading with the halo of the vanishing moon. Like the ocean, falling and whispering against the shore. Nothing ever… — Sarah Ockler Astronomy 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… — Sarah Ockler Better place Copy Share Image
“If I'd known he was going to die, my last words to him would have meant something. They certainly wouldn't have been… — Sarah Ockler Last words Copy Share Image
“I remember the feeling even now; an inescapable stickines of each other like magnets on the fridge. It's funny how someone can… — Sarah Ockler Feeling Copy Share Image
“After half an hour of forced family fun, in which I score fifty points and take out at least seventy-five percent of… — Sarah Ockler Death Copy Share Image
“Aunt Jayne asks if we'd like to stop somewhere for dessert, and since nodding and smiling is easier than shaking our heads… — Sarah Ockler Endangered species Copy Share Image
“The back-and-forth ancient lull of the tide. The cry of seagulls passing overhead. The smell of salt and fish carried on the… — Sarah Ockler Ocean Copy Share Image
“I grabbed my tackle box and bole and caught up with Pancake to go scare away some fish. He was really good… — Sarah Ockler Sniff Copy Share Image
“They key to a great party is the music," Sam says, scrolling through his iPod as we tramp through the sand. Eddie… — Sarah Ockler Music Copy Share Image
