Sara Zarr Quotes

Right now it's like we're three islands, and nothing but oceans between us.

The importance of our connection, what it meant to find each other again, the way it made what happened to us and between us not be a waste, not be for nothing. He would know, he had to know, that not...

The world was full of beauty. She wanted to grab hold of it and take it down into her bones. Yet always it seemed beyond her grasp. Sometimes only by a little, like now. The thinnest membrane. Usually...

This was why Mom had told me to keep an eye on her. As tough as Dixie was, when it came to Dad she was a regular girl who wanted her father to love her. So

Trust me, Jennifer. Just...trust me.I drove another block or two. Why should I?Why shouldn't you? But I knew it wasn't his fault, any more than it was mine. It wasn't like either of us had control ove...

Was it only because he happened to be the one who came along when he did? Could it have been anyone? Or was there something about him, that I liked and cared at?

We don't have to do this, I said.His jaw set in a way that reminded me of how he'd look some times back in grade school, standing around the fringes of s kickball game or on that bench by Mr. Lloyd's...

We're going to trick-or-treat, she said. I don't care how old we are. We are going to exploit the free candy situation to its maximum potential because it might be our last chance, ever.

What brings two people together anyway?

Why do we drag around like life is so awful?' Why did they forget that there was so much to love?

Don’t mistake a new place for a new you.

Do you ever feel helpless?Helpless, useless, clueless. And old. Don't forget old.

He said I didn't need to save him.But you want to.Yeah. But I can't. Right?Probably not. Usually not.

How did you find me?I've followed you for a long time. He must have mistaken the look on my face for alarm or fear, and said, Not literally. I just mean I never lost track.But it wasn't fear, or anyth...

I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.

I know I shouldn't say this—I know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are evil—and yet here it comes: It's not too late to change your mind.

I remember sitting here, he said, and watching you over there. He pointed, but I didn't have to look. Before Cameron and I got close, I spent a lot of lunches the same way, starting off eating and rea...

I won't drink at the party, he said quickly. If you don't want me to, I won't. I swear it right now. My hand is on a stack of Bibles.I paused. That's very chivalrous.Chivalrous would be my middle name...

It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb without it changing you, and everyone who was waiting for you to come out.

So, Cameron, Steph continued, auditions for the school play are next week. You should come. We need more males of the species to try out.Not my thing, Cameron said.okay, so you don't want to be onstag...