“They say true genius often strikes in the pale moments between awake and asleep.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“What is the statute of limitations on feeling guilty for cheating on a ghost?” — Sarah Ockler Feeling guilty Copy Share Image
“music, the universal language of love and hope and loss and everything else.” — Sarah Ockler Hope Copy Share Image
“When you’re in the middle of being in love with someone, you just don’t stop to ask.” — Sarah Ockler Love Copy Share Image
“I‘m not in love with him. I‘m in love with the way he erases things.” — Sarah Ockler Love Copy Share Image
“Stephanie was…intense. That's the best word to describe her, Del. The best one.” — Sarah Ockler Intense Copy Share Image
“Some people call it child labor. I call it... let's not get technical.” — Sarah Ockler Child 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 Copy Share Image
“Maybe he's just... craving the meatloaf?" Dani hops off the counter and gives me the once over. "Craving the meatloaf? Is that… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“It happened and it was impossible and beautiful and then it ended before it even really began, leaving nothing behind but secrets… — Sarah Ockler Beauty 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
“Garra's got a way with the ladies," the Plazma wannabe announces with a wink. "So do I - it's a bass player… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“the person I missed didn't exist anymore. People change. The things we like and dislike change. And we can wish they wouldn't… — Sarah Ockler Change Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you gotta just take things for what they are and appreciate them, not try to label it or explain it. Explanations… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“What good are all those bits of nostalgia when the one thing that truly holds you to a place - the one… — Sarah Ockler Nostalgia 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 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
“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
“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 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
“I took a deep breath, let it out slowly, watched it settle against Emilio's lips. He shivered and whispered my name, and… — Sarah Ockler Falling in love Copy Share Image
“I wish we could get a real tree," Bug says. "Then at least we'd have one real tradition, since that whole Santa… — Sarah Ockler Christmas 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 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
“When I kissed Sam, I was so scared of erasing Matt. But now I know that I could never erase him. He'll… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“He turned the entire living room into an airport, complete with a four-foot-high LEGO traffic control tower and a fleet of paper… — Sarah Ockler Humor Copy Share Image
“Being with Josh is like being touched from the inside out. An unexpected blaze of sunshine on an otherwise bleak winter day.… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“I'm still dropping dishes thinking in slow motion about the GPS woman in Mom's car. I imagine her beckoning me from outside… — Sarah Ockler Life 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
“When someone you love dies, people ask you how you're doing, but they don't really want to know. They seek affirmation that… — Sarah Ockler Life Copy Share Image
“But I knew he wouldn't kiss me. Not tonight. Not like this. There was too much between us now, all the words… — Sarah Ockler Alzheimers Copy Share Image
“The late-night backyard encounter and kiss induced insomnia.” — Sarah Ockler Insomnia Copy Share Image
“No one knows me here. No one knows that they’re supposed to feel sorry for me.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“But in the end, there were only two boys that really mattered. Matt and Sam.” — Sarah Ockler Boys Copy Share Image
