“ I'm not sure if you even want me around or if you just feel sorry for me. I'm not sure of anything. Sarah Ockler
“ I can't stop thinking about what he felt like against my body, against my lips. I can't remember anything else, anything before that. And I realize in this moment that I've finally done it. That horri… Sarah Ockler
“ 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
“ It takes a strong woman to lose everything, then stand naked in front of the mirror and face herself again. You need time, honey. And I don't mean time for it to go away. I mean time to learn how to l… Sarah Ockler
“ Family tragedies had a way of smashing everything apart and then gluing it all back together. The problem was no one ever knew how long the glue would hold. Sarah Ockler
“ I was, but then I realized that I was holding on to something that didn't exist anymore. That the person I missed didn't exist anymore. People change. The things we like and dislike change. And we can… Sarah Ockler
“ Mom asked for a cupcake miracle? Well, here comes the freaking holy angel of icing, at your service. -- Sarah Ockler
“ See, some people politely encourage their tone-deaf friends to sing. Some people even convince them to go on live television and audition for national competitions. But me? I am not that friend. Sarah Ockler
“ In your entire life, you can probably count your true friends on one hand. Maybe even on one finger. Those are the friends you need to cherish, and I wouldn't trade one of them for a hundred of the ot… Sarah Ockler
“ Anna," he said, dragging his frosted fingers through my hair."Don't you know what it means when a boy pulls your hair at your birthday party?" "No." Just, then, i didn't know what anything meant. Sarah Ockler
“ Nothing ever really goes away--it just changes into something else. Something beautiful. Sarah Ockler
“ Every morning, I wake up and forget just for a second that it happened. But once my eyes open, it buries me like a landslide of sharp, sad rocks. Once my eyes open, I'm heavy, like there's to much gra… Sarah Ockler
“ I really don't even know you, and yet, in my life, you are forever entangled; to my history, inextricably bound. Sarah Ockler
“ Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up. Sarah Ockler
