Sarah Addison Allen Quotes
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She sometimes thought she was going crazy. Her first thought when she woke up was always how to get him out of her thoughts. And she would keep watch, hoping to see him next door, while plotting ways to never have to see him again.
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Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life, but sometimes you don't even have to read it. Sometimes it's a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven't even had their spines cracked. 'Why do you buy books you don't even read?' our daughter asks us. That's like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company, of course.
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Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.
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Stability was overrated. Crises and adventures, on the other hand, could actually teach you something.
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How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us?
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Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't.
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Everything had felt so precarious since her mother's death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper.
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Safe is just another word for scared.
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My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then I sit down to write, and things change.
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No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.
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You're dying with the way things are," Della Lee said harshly, causing Josey to lower the handful of popcorn she was about to put in her mouth. "You're going to lose yourself in this, Josey. It's going to happen if you don't change. I know. I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
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But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.
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Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.
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I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
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I just don't know where home is. There's this promise of happiness out there. I know it. I even feel it sometimes. But it's like chasing the moon - just when I think I have it, it disappears into the horizon. I grieve and try to move on, but then the damn thing comes back the next night, giving me hope of catching it all over again.
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Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.
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When you have to do something, you have to do it. Putting it off only makes it worse. Believe me, I know.
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Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.
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Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.
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Some people don't know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.
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I spent so much time telling myself that this wasn't home that I started to believe it," she said carefully. "Belonging has always been tough for me." I can be your home," he said quietly. "Belong to me.
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Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.
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When you know something’s wrong, but you don’t know exactly what it is, the air around you changes.
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That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.