Sarah Addison Allen

People can surprise you with their hidden depths.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

When you're given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. The world doesn't give things, you take things.

Sometimes it's the smallest things that take up the most room in your heart.

Some people move through life like they're in a parade, others move through life like it's a race, and some people move through life like they're on a journey.

People always think they know other people, but they don't. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won't eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don't know what their friends do in their rooms alone at night or what happened to them when they were kids or if they feel fucked up and sad for no reason at all.

Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.

She was a yawn in a world full of screams.

Fear is a funny thing. It makes people do crazy things.

She was tired of being tired, and tired of thinking about how tired she was.

Forgiveness is about giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

I think we all want something to believe in, even if it's just the idea that there's something better out there.