“Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day. Lucky to be alive-that's what everyone said.” — Sarah Ockler Chick-lit Copy Share Image
“But in the end, there were only two boys that really mattered. Matt and Sam.” — Sarah Ockler Boys Copy Share Image
“Because I realized I was falling for another guy, fifty-six.” — Sarah Ockler Falling Copy Share Image
“No one knows me here. No one knows that they’re supposed to feel sorry for me.” — Sarah Ockler Feel Copy Share Image
“I'd rather be completely alone than with a bunch of people aren't real.” — Sarah Ockler People Copy Share Image
“I take a deep breath, count to ten, and bury it, way down deep” — Sarah Ockler Bury Copy Share Image
“I told him that I would love him with everything I had in me until the very end of everything, and I… — Sarah Ockler Love Copy Share Image
“Are we all on the same page, Delilah? The same page ? I don't even think we're even in the same library… — Sarah Ockler Delilah Copy Share Image
“We arrived in Vermont expecting to fix up the old lake house. But in the end, it was the house that fixed… — Sarah Ockler Home Copy Share Image
“Crying never brought anything back from the dead. It only felt like the ocean trying to drown you from the inside out.” — Sarah Ockler Crying Copy Share Image
“I just want to be floating, suspended here in my California time capsule with neither yesterday's dusk or tomorrow's dawn anywhere on… — Sarah Ockler Time Capsule Copy Share Image
“Like the beach glass you guys always brought me. Sometimes I dump it out on my desk and press my ear to… — Sarah Ockler Like Beach Copy Share Image
“My entire life has changed in the span of three weeks, but as the seals howl against the Pacific, everything around me… — Sarah Ockler Changed Copy Share Image
“Blackthorn? Please. Shut. Up." I grab the collar of his jacket and pull him into me, answering every last protest with a… — Sarah Ockler Blackthorn Copy Share Image
“When it happens, you’re totally unprepared, fragmented and lost, looking for the hidden meaning in every little thing. I’ve replayed the events… — Sarah Ockler Butterfly Copy Share Image
“Emilio and his brothers had been a topic of more Jude-and-Zoe middle school gabfests than the Cullens, the Lightwoods, or any of… — Sarah Ockler Bad boy Copy Share Image
“I've played a few times, Anna. Remember the parties?" "Not exactly." I must have been in the bathroom during that part of… — Sarah Ockler Hot girl Copy Share Image
“All the little quirks that make even the most barren, frigid places beautiful, that make a tiny gray dot on the map… — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
“The sun rises over the Grand Canyon, igniting rocks that have been there for two billion years before we were born and… — Sarah Ockler Canyon Copy Share Image
“In that moment, in the smoky haze, Celi looks grown up and wounded, and I realize how young I really am in… — Sarah Ockler Broken hearts Copy Share Image
“The guilt of not telling Frankie about Matt and me is overwhelming, but it's a pale second to the violation I feel… — Sarah Ockler Betrayal Copy Share Image
“My eyes were closed and his mouth tasted like marzipan flowers and clove cigarettes, and in ten seconds the whole of my… — Sarah Ockler Gaze Copy Share Image
“Whenever we could steal a few minutes alone, that’s when we became the “other”, the charged-up thing that kept me up at… — Sarah Ockler Every night Copy Share Image
“You know, hon, after Stephie died, we never really talked about her." she says, her hands tight around the cart handle. "There's… — Sarah Ockler Best friend Copy Share Image
“I can't stop thinking about what he felt like against my body, against my lips. I can't remember anything else, anything before… — sarah ockler Contemporary Copy Share Image
“-Wait, Anna, do you hear it? Listen" "-What is it?" It sounds like barking. "-Look- seals." She points about thirty feet down… — Sarah Ockler Long time Copy Share Image
“Where is Frankie, anyway?" Dad asks. "It's almost noon. I'm surprised you two can stand the separation." I take a deep breath… — Sarah Ockler First time Copy Share Image
“He’s a dumb ass,” Emilio said to me. “I’m almost finished.” The second he was out of earshot, Marcus sauntered back up… — Sarah Ockler Gaze Copy Share Image
“It‘s complicated. I think when bad things happen—whether someone dies or people argue or split up—you get to a point where it‘s… — Sarah Ockler Bad thing Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing is that I’ll never know exactly what I lost, how much it should hurt, how long I should keep… — Sarah Ockler Hardest thing Copy Share Image
“...but I want to spend the whole trip out here, with the ocean replenishing her treasures like an old shopkeeper as I… — Sarah Ockler Ocean Copy Share Image
“Not only does he reduce my best friend’s emotional state to something akin to an annoying rash, he also plants a new… — Sarah Ockler Best friend Copy Share Image
“But there’s something about Watonka, they say. Something that pulls us back, the electromagnet that holds all the metal in place” — Sarah Ockler Psychology Copy Share Image
“Have some carrots. They're good for your eyes." "Then you have some fries. They're good for your... I don't know. They're just… — Sarah Ockler Carrots Copy Share Image
“I really don't even know you, and yet, in my life, you are forever entangled; to my history, inextricably bound.” — Sarah Ockler Forever Copy Share Image
“surrounding us is an ocean of mess and misunderstanding, full of pirates and sharks just waiting to see who slips in first” — Sarah Ockler Mess Copy Share Image
“I understand how easy it would be to lose yourself in the heart of another. It‘s frightening. Exhilarating. An ocean with no… — Sarah Ockler Easy Copy Share Image
