Anyone who crawls up from the gutter and makes something of themselves, despite the odds and despite others who tried to keep them down, must always be very proud of their achievements. They must never forget the struggles they went through, because they are a living example to those who wander in darkness, a staunch reminder that light is within reach if they can find the strength and determination to keep going.
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SARAH DESSEN the truth about forever is that it is happening right now SARAH DESSEN Life can be long or short, it all depends on how you choose to live it. it's like forever, always ch... SARAH DESSEN I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As lo... SARAH DESSEN Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place. SARAH DESSEN We'd start slow, the way we always did, because the run, and the game, could go on for awhile. Maybe... SARAH DESSEN What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, wou... SARAH DESSEN But I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. Yo... SARAH DESSEN Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. SARAH DESSEN It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You ... SARAH DESSEN What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a ... SARAH DESSEN Some people, they can't just move on, you know, mourn and cry and be done with it. Or at least seem ... SARAH DESSEN I like flaws. I think they make things interesting. SARAH DESSEN It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end... SARAH DESSEN That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it... SARAH DESSEN It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the ... SARAH DESSEN If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the w... SARAH DESSEN There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd bet... SARAH DESSEN I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. SARAH WILLIAMS All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bit... SARAH DESSEN I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, ... SARAH DESSEN Don't think or judge, just listen. SARAH DESSEN There are two types of humans in this world: those who function so they can get something and those ... SARAH NOFFKE I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, a... SARAH DESSEN How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I... SARAH DESSEN Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, w... SARAH DESSEN There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifti... SARAH DESSEN If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and eve... SARAH DESSEN She was an idiot. An adorable, gorgeous, feisty, funny, sweet, sexy idiot. SARAH MAYBERRY