"Sorta Like a Rock Star" Quotes
A resilient teenager finds hope and joy through her unwavering optimism and love for music, despite facing numerous challenges in her life.
young adult | 355 pages | Published in 2010
Quotes
Sometimes, when people think they know everything about you, it’s really just the beginning.
We all have a chance to be a hero and save a life every day.
When you're young, you think everything you do is disposable. You move from now to now, crumpling time up in your hands, tossing it away. You're your own speeding car. You think you can get rid of things, and people too—leave them behind. You don't yet know about the habit they have, of coming back.
Sometimes, just when you think everything’s gone, you find a way. Like after a prairie fire. I’ve been thinking about that a lot. Like how the prairie looks dead, all brown and brittle. But underneath, the prairie is alive. It’s like it’s been dreaming up a way to get back to life again.
There is never a good time for bad things to happen, but it seems like they often come at the worst possible time.
When you really love someone, you see all the damaged parts, the broken parts, the odd behavior, and it doesn't matter. You see past all that. You see them as a whole person, and that is the most beautiful thing.
But even in the darkest of times, there is always something to be grateful for. Sometimes you just have to shift your perspective to find it.
We’re all at the mercy of the boy who wants to be a good man, the girl who wants to be a good woman. We all want to be good. But sometimes it’s hard, and we slip.
It's funny how people think of love as this big, dramatic feeling, when most of the time it's just simple moments of connection and kindness.
There’s no shame in having a broken heart. There is no shame in having loved someone.





