“Mat - Red and Jayne's Matt, Frankie's Matt, my Matt - died of a broken heart.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day. Lucky to be alive-that's what everyone said.” — Sarah Ockler Chick-lit Copy Share Image
“My journal, my written thoughts like the lost children of my soul.” — Sarah Ockler Children Copy Share Image
“I'd rather be completely alone than with a bunch of people aren't real.” — Sarah Ockler People Copy Share Image
“It takes forty muscles to frown, and only twelve to jam a cupcake in your mouth and get over it.” — Sarah Ockler 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
“It seemed everything that had ever lived and died in this world had passed through here, had left its indelible imprint.” — Sarah Ockler 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 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
“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 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
“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
“But when he died, I saw - nothing. There was nothing left to see. It happened and it was impossible and beautiful… — Sarah Ockler Broken hearts 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 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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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 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 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 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 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
“What's up?" Need a kidney? Two of them? Where do I sign? I grab my pen again, just in case.” — Sarah Ockler 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 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
“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
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 Copy Share Image
