Quotes by Sarah Addison Allen

You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.

Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.

The air around her was cool lately, as if she were creating a vacuum with her unhappiness.

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.

Love comes softly.

Healing is more about accepting the pain and finding ways to soothe it.

Magic is just a word for what's beyond our comprehension.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Change is the only constant.

The rhythm of the seasons is a powerful one.

Love isn't always perfect. It isn't a fairy tale or a storybook. And it doesn't always come easy.

True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.

Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

Magic happens when you least expect it.

What will be, will be.

Family is what grounds you.

Sometimes you have to get lost to find your way.

Love finds you when you least expect it.

Wounds heal, but scars can be tough.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

The seasons tell a story, one we don't always understand until it's too late.

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

Falling in love is like that. It can only ever be a surprise.

Healing comes in many ways, and no one way is better than another.

Sometimes it takes a little dirt to grow.

Life needs more mystery in it, more unexpected twists and turns.

It's the ones you love the most who can lift you in an instant, and destroy you without trying.

Life, after all, was a series of adjustments.

It's important to have someone who can handle your darker sides. Someone who can see past the bad and ugly to the good inside.

Sometimes all you need is a little magic.

Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.

There’s nothing like a good friend with chocolate.

You can tell a lot about a person by what’s on their playlist.

Sometimes things just happen. But there’s always a reason.

Love and laughter and a happy ever after.

Magic is what we make of it. Magic is in the mind, and in the eye of the beholder.

Time is a trick, and sooner or later you’ll realize that. It tricks you into thinking that it always moves forward, that it always moves at the same speed.

It's all any reasonable child wants - to love and be loved, and to have a chipmunk on his shoulder.

It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is forget what you feel and remember what you deserve.

Lost things have a way of coming back to us when we least expect it.

Sometimes it’s the little things that bring that special someone back to us in some small way.

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.

It's always better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than at the top of one you don't.

Magic is what we invent when we want something we think we can't have.

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

If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.