A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.
Sarah DessenWake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't underยญstand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away.
Sarah DessenBut as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you.
Sarah DessenThis was always the problem with my mother and me, I suddenly realized. There were so many things we thought we agreed on, but anythign can have two meanings. Like sides of a coin, it just matters how it falls.
Sarah DessenI paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. "You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening up to someone." Yeah," he said adding some cheese straws to the cart, "but risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't." I picked up a box of cheese straws, examining it. "Yeah," I said. "But it's not all about chance, either.
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