An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn't really stop, even in a single image. I t just feels that way.
Sarah DessenFor two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break.
Sarah DessenI wasnโt ready to think about the other yet: that it wasnโt that I wasnโt right for Macon, but that maybe he wasnโt right for me. There was a difference. Even for someone who things didnโt come easy for, someone like me.
Sarah DessenI wondered if he ever thought of me, and hated the pang I felt when I told myself he didn't.
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