It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.

Sarah Dessen

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Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment.... by Sarah Dessen

Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.

inevitable used disappointment

You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see... by Sarah Dessen

You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly.

enough

I always thought I was different. by Sarah Dessen

I always thought I was different.

different

Again, it occurred to me how weird it was to be permanent in a place that to everyone else was only temporary. Like I could never be sure if they were the ones who weren't real, or if I was.

temporary permanent real

That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they d... by Sarah Dessen

That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice.

upset

It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think.

growing-up school thinking

When you have a kid, you sign on for the whole package: good, bad, everything in between. you can't just dip in and out, picking and choosing the parts you want and quitting when it's not perfect.

perfect want kids

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.

choices mistake forever

There was something striking about a single key. It was like a question waiting to be answered, a whole missing a half. Useless on its own, needing something else to be truly defined.

keys missing waiting

Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t. by Sarah Dessen

Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.

knows sometimes

I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to make peace with it as it is, not keep waiting for a chance to change it

chance waiting thinking

We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about.

kind hurt people

From what I could see, the hardwood was just fine. Then again, I'd just see a windmill and an open sky, too, never feeling the need to conquer either. You think it's all obvious and straightforward, this world. But really, it's all in who is doing the looking.

sky feelings thinking

But the bottom line is that, as humans, we are by nature selfish creatures. The only way we care about anything, really, is by making it about us.

selfish lines way

And trying to break it down this way, to minor and major offenses, maybes and what-ifs, was like arguing over the origin of cracks in a broken egg. It was done. How it happened didn't matter anymore.

eggs broken trying

It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities.

endless-possibilities possibility shooting

Her life was perfect. But as was often the case, the rest of us w... by Sarah Dessen

Her life was perfect. But as was often the case, the rest of us were still adjusting.

adjusting cases perfect

Once, I was easy. Now, I was choosy. See? Big difference. by Sarah Dessen

Once, I was easy. Now, I was choosy. See? Big difference.

differences bigs easy

One word," Ted replied, dead serious, "can change the whole world." There was a moment while we all considered this. Finally Lissa said to Chloe, loud enough for all of us to hear (she'd had a minibottle or two herself), "I bet he did really well on his SATs.

chloe two world

It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that order. The making good and striking out part I liked. The rest would just be bonus.

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