“The Truth About Forever” by Sarah Dessen - Quodid

It was becoming clear to me that I shouldn’t become too attached to anything. Turn your back and you lose it. Just like that.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

ephemerality attachment

A break. I knew what that meant: it was what happened right before something was officially and finally broken. Finished.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

I wished I'd walked into my mother's open arms the few times she'd tried to pull me close, and pressed my face to her chest, letting my sad heart find solace there. But I hadn't. I wanted to be a help to her, not a burden, so I held back. And after a while, she stopped offering. She thought I was beyond that, when in fact I needed it now more than ever.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

loneliness sadness boredom

To him, I was a commitment that had become more of a burden than an asset, and his time was just too precious to waste.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

If I were you, I'd be glad to be rid of him. Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a goodbye at all.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

We both know life is short. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

Sometimes you had signs: sometimes you didn't. But I kept a close eye anyway.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

You know, sometimes things do go the way they're supposed to. It's not unheard of.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

I would have thought this would make me feel better, for once getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

About Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist known for her contributions to young adult fiction. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996, and has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work, and two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.

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