Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great injustices, that you can move on and be accomplished and happy, but the moment you see someone from high school you immediately become the person you were then, not the person you are now.
Sarah Addison AllenHer life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.
Sarah Addison AllenFate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was one thing she'd learned in the past few weeks, it was that sometimes, when you're really lucky, you meet someone with a map.
Sarah Addison AllenAdolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.
Sarah Addison AllenSometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart.
Sarah Addison Allen