“No powdery residue. But definitely suspicious. Smell." He slides a makeup catalog from beneath a microscope made out of a plate, a… — Sarah Ockler Mary kay Copy Share Image
“I closed my eyes under the fluroescent lights and tried to make another birthday wish, a onetime do-over, a rebate, a trade-in… — Sarah Ockler Birthday Copy Share Image
“...if I let him walk away now, we'll forever be a "just"; Just hockey player and skating coach. Just music swappers. Just… — Sarah Ockler Hockey player Copy Share Image
“If motorcycles—or any object from a person's past—could cure this thing, it would no longer exist. People would unearth their family treasures,… — Sarah Ockler Family Copy Share Image
“Your heart's pounding like mad,' he whispered. Fingers brushed my collarbone, tapped gently. 'Ba- bom . Ba- bom .” — Sarah Ockler 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
“The sun rises over the Grand Canyon, igniting rocks that have been there for two billion years before we were born and… — Sarah Ockler Grand canyon Copy Share Image
“So Old Man Date Rape was number what?" she asks. "Four or five?" "We're not counting him," I say. "This is the… — Sarah Ockler Old man Copy Share Image
“The only excuse I can think of is the truth – she’s broken. Until someone can figure out how to fix her,… — Sarah Ockler Truth 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
“Don't you ever see the bright side of things?" Patrick asks as I mope against the bottom of the ladder. "Easy to… — Sarah Ockler Bright side 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 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 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
“Like the beach glass you guys always brought me. Sometimes I dump it out on my desk and press my ear to… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“We only had this one life. We could wish for the past all day long. We could look at old pictures and… — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
“You can't help who you love,"he says,"even if the timing is horrendous.” — Sarah Ockler Love Copy Share Image
“As we rolled down the Million Dollar Highway, I closed my eyes and held him close around the waist, and he squeezed… — Sarah Ockler Stop time 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
“Whenever we’d pass a penny on the sidewalk, Matt wouldn’t touch it. ‘Let someone else have a lucky day,’ he’d say.” — Sarah Ockler Lucky day 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 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 Ocean Copy Share Image