Quotes by Sarah Addison Allen

About Sarah Addison Allen:

Sarah Addison Allen is an American author. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she graduated with a degree in literature. In early 2011 Allen was diagnosed with breast cancer and completed a round of chemotherapy by October of the same year.
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The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

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Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.

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She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.

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It was like the way you wanted sunshine on Saturdays, or pancakes for breakfast. They just made you feel good.

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All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one.

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Love always hurts. That’s one thing I know you know. But it’s worth it. That’s what you don’t know. Yet.

Sarah Addison Allen

Life is about experience... You can't hold on to everything

Sarah Addison Allen

When you have to do something, you have to do it. Putting it off only makes it worse. Believe me, I know.

Sarah Addison Allen

He stared up at the moon, which looked like a giant hole in the sky, letting light through to the other side.

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There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it.

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The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.

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Summer was a lady who didn't give up her spotlight easily.

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But he’d loved only Eby. You didn't need a mirror to tell you that you were beautiful when you had proof like that.

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It was a remarkable realization to Eby, that we are what we're taught. That was why the Morris women were what they were. It was because they knew no different.

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For stubborn souls like Lisette, death was easier than the courage it took to actually change your life.

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You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you can make up a new one.

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She knew him in that way you can only know a person as a child. Like if you cracked away the adult shell, you'd find that child, happily sitting inside, smiling at you.

Sarah Addison Allen

You can't change where you came from, but you can change where you go from here.

Sarah Addison Allen

He wasn't used to people saying no, and Eby felt sorry for him, the way she'd always felt sorry for those who had everything and it still wasn't enough.

Sarah Addison Allen

Eby wanted to say so much to her. She wanted to say that waking up is the most important part of grieving, that so many women in their family failed to do it, and she was proud of Kate for fighting her way back. But Eby didn't say anything. She could...

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Author Bio

  • NameSarah Addison Allen
  • DescriptionAmerican author