I wanted to be somewhere else ... Someplace where the sight of me sobbing would tie me to no one and no one to me.
Sarah DessenLook. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you." You said the other day life was long," I shot back. "Which is it?" It's both," she said, shrugging. "It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing." Nothing can be two opposite things at once," I said. "It's impossible." No," she replied, squeezing my hand, "what's impossible is that we actually think it could be anything OTHER than that.
Sarah DessenMaybe marriage, like life, is'nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things โ like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day โ that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond.
Sarah DessenBut you donโt have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.โ โYou donโt have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isnโt always out to get you.
Sarah DessenAs I stepped out to face myself in the mirror, reaching a hand to smooth away the steam, I saw myself differently. It was as if I had grown again as I slept, but this time just to fit my own size. As if my soul had expanded, filling out the gaps of the height that had burdened me all these months. Like a balloon filling slowly with air, becoming all smooth and buoyant, I felt like I finally fit within myself, edge to edge, every crevice filled.
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