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Sara Zarr quotes: don't mistake a new place for a new you.

don't mistake a new place for a new you.

Sara Zarr quotes: Try a little tenderness ...

Try a little tenderness ...

Sara Zarr quotes: Some people come into your life and leave a mark.

Some people come into your life and leave a mark.

Sara Zarr quotes: I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin ... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin ... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

Sara Zarr quotes: Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.

Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.

Sara Zarr quotes: Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.

Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.

Sara Zarr quotes: I lived too much in my head instead of the real world.

I lived too much in my head instead of the real world.

Sara Zarr quotes: Don't ask me how I am,' I blurt. 'Please.' I want to keep feeling good. Just because the lights are on doesn't mean I have to look.

Don't ask me how I am,' I blurt. 'Please.' I want to keep feeling good. Just because the lights are on doesn't mean I have to look.

Sara Zarr quotes: The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.

The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.

Sara Zarr quotes: I'm still going to love you, always. And in the rock-paper-scissors of life, love is rock. fear, anger, everthing else ... no contest.

I'm still going to love you, always. And in the rock-paper-scissors of life, love is rock. fear, anger, everthing else ... no contest.

Sara Zarr quotes: There's a lot that is awful. That's the struggle of getting old. To make sure you don't let what's hard ... obscure the beauty.

There's a lot that is awful. That's the struggle of getting old. To make sure you don't let what's hard ... obscure the beauty.

Sara Zarr quotes: My whole life has been one big broken promise.

My whole life has been one big broken promise.

Sara Zarr quotes: You are beautiful, Lucy. Inside and out. And that hurts, too. It hurts more specifically. More personally.

You are beautiful, Lucy. Inside and out. And that hurts, too. It hurts more specifically. More personally.

Sara Zarr quotes: counted because things in my life had a way of disappearing on me, and I'd learned not to trust what I thought was there. What

counted because things in my life had a way of disappearing on me, and I'd learned not to trust what I thought was there. What

Sara Zarr quotes: Das wird sich alles finden.Everything will be okay.

Das wird sich alles finden.
Everything will be okay.

Sara Zarr quotes: I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

Sara Zarr quotes: It's a jagged thing in my throat, how much I miss her.

It's a jagged thing in my throat, how much I miss her.

Sara Zarr quotes: he's a story i want to know from page one

he's a story i want to know from page one

Sara Zarr quotes: He said I didn't need to save him.""But you want to.""Yeah. But I can't. Right?""Probably not. Usually not.

He said I didn't need to save him."
"But you want to."
"Yeah. But I can't. Right?"
"Probably not. Usually not.

Sara Zarr quotes: The characters are whole, real people to me that I'm getting to know, and since real people are all flawed, so are my characters, I hope.

The characters are whole, real people to me that I'm getting to know, and since real people are all flawed, so are my characters, I hope.

Sara Zarr quotes: Is that the destiny of all friendships, no matter how good they are? To die out or fade away? To end?

Is that the destiny of all friendships, no matter how good they are? To die out or fade away? To end?

Sara Zarr quotes: Life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong, and complaints about the world around you.

Life doesn't have to be only anxiety about what's gone wrong, and complaints about the world around you.

Sara Zarr quotes: Love is just a word we use to describe what boils down to a selfish and temporary state of happiness.

Love is just a word we use to describe what boils down to a selfish and temporary state of happiness.

Sara Zarr quotes: I have no desire to go back to San Francisco.

I have no desire to go back to San Francisco.

Sara Zarr quotes: I can be human to strangers and coworkers, just not to the people who actually care about me.

I can be human to strangers and coworkers, just not to the people who actually care about me.

Sara Zarr quotes: Because love, love never finishes.

Because love, love never finishes.

Sara Zarr quotes: A know a place called New Beginnings, but I don't think it works quite like that. You can't just erase everything that came before.

A know a place called New Beginnings, but I don't think it works quite like that. You can't just erase everything that came before.

Sara Zarr quotes: You were never what I wanted to forget.

You were never what I wanted to forget.

Sara Zarr quotes: I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.

I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.

Sara Zarr quotes: It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.

It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.

Sara Zarr quotes: No one measures a life in weeks and days. You measure life in years and by the things that happen to you.

No one measures a life in weeks and days. You measure life in years and by the things that happen to you.

Sara Zarr quotes: Ethan couldn't possibly understand it, what Cameron and I meant to each other and how different it was from anything like a romance or a crush.

Ethan couldn't possibly understand it, what Cameron and I meant to each other and how different it was from anything like a romance or a crush.

Sara Zarr quotes: Everyone has an identity crisis when they are 16 or 17 years old.

Everyone has an identity crisis when they are 16 or 17 years old.

Sara Zarr quotes: I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.

I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.

Sara Zarr quotes: I'm going to check on you in the night," he said. "At random intervals of my choosing.""I figured.

I'm going to check on you in the night," he said. "At random intervals of my choosing."
"I figured.

Sara Zarr quotes: I always felt that church is where I'm going to find my community and people to live my life with.

I always felt that church is where I'm going to find my community and people to live my life with.

Sara Zarr quotes: Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture.

Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture.

Sara Zarr quotes: Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars.

Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars.

Sara Zarr quotes: What brings two people together anyway?

What brings two people together anyway?

Sara Zarr quotes: I looked at my hand resting on the shelf of the prop cabinet, thinking of the scars that were there whether anyone could see them or not.

I looked at my hand resting on the shelf of the prop cabinet, thinking of the scars that were there whether anyone could see them or not.

Sara Zarr quotes: That's how life feels to me. Everyone is doing it; everyone knows how. To live and be who they are and find a place, find a moment. I'm still waiting.

That's how life feels to me. Everyone is doing it; everyone knows how. To live and be who they are and find a place, find a moment. I'm still waiting.

Sara Zarr quotes: You don't get anything without giving up something.

You don't get anything without giving up something.

Sara Zarr quotes: I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

Sara Zarr quotes: The mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That's the unfinished business between us. because love, love is never finished.

The mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That's the unfinished business between us. because love, love is never finished.

Sara Zarr quotes: I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion.

I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion.

Sara Zarr quotes: Okay, then, what was he like? Just give me something to go on so that I have a shot at him!''A shot at him? Are you on an elk hunt?

Okay, then, what was he like? Just give me something to go on so that I have a shot at him!'
'A shot at him? Are you on an elk hunt?

Sara Zarr quotes: I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17.

I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17.

Sara Zarr quotes: I don't want to pretend like I'm some intellectual person who understands Flannery O'Connor.

I don't want to pretend like I'm some intellectual person who understands Flannery O'Connor.

Sara Zarr quotes: I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.

I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.

Sara Zarr quotes: Katy skipped over, her low-rise jeans threatening to fall off her skinny hips. With some girls, that was a sexy look. With Katy, it made you nervous.

Katy skipped over, her low-rise jeans threatening to fall off her skinny hips. With some girls, that was a sexy look. With Katy, it made you nervous.

Sara Zarr quotes: It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission.

It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission.

Sara Zarr quotes: When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.

When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.

Sara Zarr quotes: The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.

The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.

Sara Zarr quotes: I wonder how you're supposed to know the exact moment when there's no more hope.

I wonder how you're supposed to know the exact moment when there's no more hope.

Sara Zarr quotes: My first job is to write the characters as full and authentic people as well as I can.

My first job is to write the characters as full and authentic people as well as I can.

Sara Zarr quotes: The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

Sara Zarr quotes: Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete.

Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete.

Sara Zarr quotes: He felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. That's the way I remember it.

He felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. That's the way I remember it.

Sara Zarr quotes: It's like a Venn diagram of tragedy.

It's like a Venn diagram of tragedy.

Sara Zarr quotes: We'd need a miracle," he says. "A real one. Do you think those happen anymore?

We'd need a miracle," he says. "A real one. Do you think those happen anymore?

Sara Zarr quotes: Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.

Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.