โฆYou donโt want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know?
Sarah DessenIf you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really counts, maybe it's enough - more than enough, even - just to be there.
Sarah DessenHome wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together.
Sarah DessenThat was the thing: Once, the difference between light and dark had been basic. One was good, one bad. Suddenly, though, things werenโt so clear. The dark was still a mystery, something hidden, something to be scared of, but Iโd come to fear the light, too. It was where everything was revealed, or seemed to be. Eyes closed, I saw only the blackness, reminding me of this one thing, the most deep of my secrets; eyes open, there was only the world that didnโt know it, bright, inescapable, and somehow, still there.
Sarah Dessen