Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever Quotes
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.
The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.
Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.
But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.
I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.
I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.
That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.
But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.
It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.
If he'd been any other boy, and this was any other world, I would have kissed him. Nothing could have stopped me.
I would have thought this would make me feel better.. getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all.
I'd been through so much, falling short again and again, and only recently had found a place where who I was, right now, was enough.
So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad.
I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting.
Shit, " Delia said. "I mean, shoot. No, actually, I mean shit. I really do.
Fine, " he repeated, and I wondered why it was I kept coming back to this, again and again, a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.
... Everything he feels, he feels strongly. Too strongly, sometimes. I think he freaks people out.
But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits. And honest, to her or to myself, never.
But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.
Macy: “In Truth, ” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.”Wes: “How do you win?” he askedMacy: “That, ” I said, “is such a boy question.
It's hard to do, " I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.
Isn't it weird the way you remember things, when someone's gone?
If this was my forever, I didn't want to spend another second of it here.
