“How can I fault her for trying to bury a truth that when exposed to air and sunlight could only hurt the… — Sarah Ockler Truth Copy Share Image
“I’ll never know exactly what I lost, how much it should hurt, how long I should keep thinking about him.” — Sarah Ockler Hurt Copy Share Image
“You ask me why I’m nice to you,” he said. “Why, why, why. But you don’t ask me stuff that matters. Who… — Sarah Ockler Love Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the seashore, a strange wind blows over the ocean, and twenty oblivious boys simultaneously look up from their surfboards.” — Sarah Ockler Seashore Copy Share Image
“I just swallow hard. Nod and smile. One foot in front of the other. I'm fine, thanks for not asking.” — Sarah Ockler Swallow Copy Share Image
Weeping is not the same thing as crying, It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like… — Sarah Ockler Crying Copy Share Image
“Are you for real?' I whispered against his lips. 'Yes or no.' 'You're killing me, princesa .' His words slid into my… — Sarah Ockler Gaze Copy Share Image
“What's up?" Need a kidney? Two of them? Where do I sign? I grab my pen again, just in case.” — Sarah Ockler Need Copy Share Image
“I was falling in love. I am losing my father. With Emilio Vargas. To smoke and shadow. My heart fluttered. My heart… — Sarah Ockler Death Copy Share Image
“Anna," he said, dragging his frosted fingers through my hair."Don't you know what it means when a boy pulls your hair at… — Sarah Ockler Birthday party Copy Share Image
“Because maybe Watonka was only ever supposed to be a temporary stopover, and maybe I will chase that train over the hill,… — Sarah Ockler Dreams Copy Share Image
“In your entire life, you can probably count your true friends on one hand. Maybe even on one finger. Those are the… — Sarah Ockler Entire life Copy Share Image
“You think we live in Norway or something? Amir Jordan is Pakistani. There's also an Asian guy, some Puerto Ricans, and the… — Sarah Ockler Amir Copy Share Image
“Don't settle for stuff. That's pretty much the only thing I learned in life. You see something, some chance for something great,… — Sarah Ockler Bike Copy Share Image
“Sometimes life rocks so hard your heart wants to explode just because the sun came up and you got to feel it… — Sarah Ockler Bitter Copy Share Image
“She makes her people work on Sundays?" Rachel whispers, pulling some of my grandmother's old food from he fridge and sniffing it.… — Sarah Ockler Sunday Copy Share Image
“Aaaand we have a winnerrrrr!" a man shouts into the mic in a singsong carnival voice as I lick the last of… — Sarah Ockler Ice cream Copy Share Image
“Hey. What did you do to your - I mean, you look different." My cheeks go immediately hot. Not that your average… — Sarah Ockler Sweet Copy Share Image
“Virgin, right?" the voice asks again. It comes from the tall one with white-blond hair falling into his eyes. Frankie is still… — Sarah Ockler Virgin Copy Share Image
“The whole idea of losing one's virginity is kind of ridiculous. To lose something implies carelessness. A mistake that you can fix… — Sarah Ockler Cell phone Copy Share Image
“If I closed my eyes as you were talking, it was like I was there, like your stories were my stories. In… — Sarah Ockler Closed eyes Copy Share Image
“Anyway, what about you? How's, um, Abby? Angie? What's her name?" Oh, Hudson. Your suavity is an example to us all. ” — Sarah Ockler Example Copy Share Image
“Same people. Same hellos and goodbyes. Same beginnings and endings. Same befores and afters.” — Sarah Ockler Beginnings and endings Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think we all feel guilty for being happy, and as soon as we catch ourselves acting like everything is okay,… — Sarah Ockler Feel Copy Share Image
“When it's like this, I don't notice the cold. I don't hear the wind howling through the empty spaces. I don't feel… — Sarah Ockler Cold Copy Share Image
“It was as though my heart made room for two truths that night—one real, the other safe and familiar and desirable.” — Sarah Ockler Truth Copy Share Image
“What if I come back and I'm different, Anna? Sometimes you go to a place where everything is different, and everything you… — Sarah Ockler Change Copy Share Image
“I wonder how many loose buttons there are in this world, just rolling around in a jar without a mate or a… — Sarah Ockler Buttons Copy Share Image
“I accept the hard reality that I maybe might possibly be just the slightest tiniest littlest bit kinda sorta interested in him.” — Sarah Ockler Attraction Copy Share Image
“He loved to read. He loved words, the way they string together into sentences and stories. He wanted to study them, to… — Sarah Ockler Books Copy Share Image
“Doesn't matter how many people are in the crowd anymore, Delilah. Ten or ten thousand, I'm still only singing for one.” — Sarah Ockler Delilah Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think I'm an alien that accidentally fell off the mother ship, destined to wander among clueless earthling parents for all… — Sarah Ockler Alien Copy Share Image
“I like him, okay?" "No you don't. You 'well I'm un I don't know um I guess yeah maybe' him.” — Sarah Ockler Maybe Copy Share Image
“Abby's my sister, Hudson. We're twins." "Oh thank God! I mean thank God... that you... have a sister... what a special... um,… — Sarah Ockler Sister Copy Share Image
“Don't settle, okay? Not for anything. I mean it. You only get this one chance at life, far as I know. Take… — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
“...Dads are supposed to be the strong ones. That's probably why Red has so many lines on his forehead. All the hurt… — Sarah Ockler Dad Copy Share Image
“You know it wouldn't kill you to walk, right, old man?" "Maybe not. Wouldn't kill you to keep your clothes on, either.” — Sarah Ockler Old man Copy Share Image
“It was just over a year ago. Twelve months, nine days and six hours ago, actually. But thirteen months ago everything was...perfect.” — Sarah Ockler Emotion Copy Share Image
“you can‘t promise yourself that you‘re not going to fall in love with someone. I‘m not exactly a relationship expert, but I… — Sarah Ockler Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Your heart's pounding like mad,' he whispered. Fingers brushed my collarbone, tapped gently. 'Ba- bom . Ba- bom .” — Sarah Ockler Heart pounding Copy Share Image
