Sara Shepard Quotes

I really like reading about how families work together.

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.

It's nice to dig deeper into people who may look one way but always have a story to tell. I obviously write about that a lot.

For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.

You should know the truth about the stars--- even though it seems like they're close together, up there in heavens, they're zillion light years apart.

But you can't make someone be something they're not.

Sometimes, a family is like an ear of summer corn: It might look perfect on the outside, but when you peel the husk away. every kernel is rotten.

There's a lot you can't tell about people, looking in from the outside" -Hanna

Go now. Alone. Or I make good on my promise. -A

When someone covets something they desire and lust over it.Usually it's something they can't have. You've always had that problem.

Mike drank straight from the carton, wiped his mouth, and stared at her. "You've been acting freaky. Are you high? Can I have some if you are?

Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.

I'm just saying -- you can't prevent other people from disappointing you. It's bound to happen at some point. We're all only human. What you can do is decide how you're going to deal with it.

Whatever baggage you have, use it. Conquer it. Don’t let it stop you.

Ezra clapped his hands. "all right," he said. "In addition to the books we're reading as a class, I want to do an extra side project on unreliable narrators." Devon Arliss raised her hand. "what does that mean?" Ezra strode around the room. "well, the narrator tells us the story in the book, right? But what if... the narrator isn't telling us the truth? Maybe he's telling us his skewed version of the story to get you on his side. Or to scare you. Or maybe he's crazy!

Everybody has a secret and everybody has problems.

My sister had blown out the candle in our breath.That meant our wishes were definitely going to come true

I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them, but I couldn't tell you now what they'd been about.

Those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it.

With teenagers, the emotions are higher and things are more dramatic. That doesn't mean adults don't also act like children in their own way.

Life isn’t worth living if you’re scared all the time.

She hated their new nickname. It made them sound like deranged Barbie dolls.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have them in the open

Without Mona, Hanna felt like a great outfit without matching accessories, a screw-driver that was all orange juice and no vodka, and an iPod without headphones. She just felt wrong.

Knowing the right questions is better than knowing all the right answers" Caleb from Pretty Little Liars (TV Show)

You hear about those stories where a person is married to someone and they have another family - that's pretty much unforgivable!

Hannakins: I know you guys are living out your own private Romeo and Juliet love story, but remember: Both of them die in Act V. -A

Strangers see you the way you want them to see you. You can't fool friends…that's what makes them friends... Pretty Little Liars

You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery!

How could any of us truly appreciate our lives if we had nothing else to compare them to?

Life is hard already. Why make it harder?

That's immortality my darlings" Spencer said.

The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets.

We killed an innocent girl

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the naughtiest of them all?

I love books about dysfunctional families.

I'm not sure that I have a favorite either on-screen or in the books! Whenever I'm writing, I'm always really excited to dive back into each character.

Never under estimate a pretty little liar.

Stick with me, kids. It's about to get so good... -A

Fine,' Aria conceded. 'But *I'll* carry her.' She grabbed the baby seeat from the back. A smell of baby powder wafted up to greet her, bringing a lump in her throat. Her father Byron, and his girlfriend, Meredith, had just had a baby, and she loved Lola with all her heart. If she looked too long at this baby, she might love her just as much.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family.

Four liars are about to be burned -A

How could they think Noel was hot? If this was REALLY Versailles, Noel SO would not be Louis XIV, he would be the French version of the village idiot

Why don't you like Noel Kahn?" Mike's voice made Aria jump. He stood a few feet away from Aria with a carton of orange juice in his hand."He's the man." Aria groaned. "If you like him so much why don't you go out with him?

Only two can keep a secret if on of them is dead.

Sometimes I feel kind of wrong here. I used to be normal, but now... I don't know. I feel like I should be one way, but I'm not." Toby stared at her. "I hear that." He sighed. "There are all these perfect people here. And... it's like, if you're not one of the,. then you're messed up. But I think, inside, the flawless-looking people are just as messed up as we are.

She knew too much. -A