It was hard to remember what the yard had looked like even twelve hours before, undisturbed and pristine. Like it takes so little to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.
Sarah DessenHow it seemed like you could see everything, but certain things were blocked out, hidden.
Sarah DessenI think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know.
Sarah DessenThere was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back.
Sarah Dessen