“I just swallow hard. Nod and smile. One foot in front of the other. I'm fine, thanks for not asking.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“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 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 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
“surrounding us is an ocean of mess and misunderstanding, full of pirates and sharks just waiting to see who slips in first” — Sarah Ockler 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 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 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 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
“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
“My eyes were closed and his mouth tasted like marzipan flowers and clove cigarettes, and in ten seconds the whole of my… — Sarah Ockler 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 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 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 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
“Every morning, I wake up and forget just for a second that it happened. But once my eyes open, it buries me… — Sarah Ockler Every morning 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
“Emily, Megan, Jack, Luna, Patrick . . . they helped me learn what true friendship is. It's never perfect, but it is important.” — Sarah Ockler Friend 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
“Inside her head, Frankie had the map to my entire life, and I to hers. I hated that my feelings for Matt… — Sarah Ockler Entire life 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
“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
“The only thing that's ours to accept is the fact that we don't always get to know the answers.” — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“Every story is part of a whole, entire life, you know? Happy and sad and tragic and whatever, but an entire life.… — Sarah Ockler Books 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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“I wonder how many loose buttons there are in this world, just rolling around in a jar without a mate or a… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
