The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Sarah Addison Allen
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I'm homesick all the time," she said, still not looking at him "I just don't know where home is. There's this promise of happiness out there. I know it. I even feel it sometimes. But it's like chasing the moon - just when I think I have it, it disappears into the horizon. I grieve and try to move on, but then the damn thing comes back the next night, giving me hope of catching it all over again.”
“Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.”
“It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us.”
“My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories.”
“I spent so much time telling myself that this wasn't home that I started to believe it,” she said carefully. “Belonging has always been tough for me.” “I can be your home,” he said quietly. “Belong to me.”
“Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.”
“Living down your own past was hard enough. You shouldn't have to live down someone else's.”
“How we see the world changes all the time. It all depends on our mood.”
“Some men you know are Southern before they ever say a word," Julia said as she and Emily watched Sawyer's progress, helpless, almost as if they couldn't look away. "They remind you of something good--picnics or carrying sparklers around at night. Southern men will hold doors open for you, they'll hold you after you yell at them, and they'll hold on to their pride no matter what. Be careful what they tell you, though. They have a way of making you believe anything, because they say it that way.”
“We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet.”
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Book Keywords:
youth, adolescence
