When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need.
Sarah DessenThat was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened - good, bad, or anywhere in between - it was always, if nothing else, all your own.
Sarah DessenAt the same time, though, I was beginning to wonder if this was just how it was supposed to be for me, like perhaps I wasn't capable of having that many people in my life at any one time. My mom turned up, Nate walked away, one door opening as another clicked shut.
Sarah Dessentalk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.
Sarah Dessen