Sara Zarr
Sara Zarr
Sara Zarris an American writer. She was raised in San Francisco, and now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband. Her first novel, Story of a Girl, was a 2007 National Book Award finalist. She is also the author of Sweethearts and Once Was Lost. All three are published by Little, Brown...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth3 October 1970
CountryUnited States of America
wonder moments knows
I wonder how you're supposed to know the exact moment when there's no more hope.
thinking waiting miracle
It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb without it changing you, and everyone who was waiting for you to come out.
girl sexy fall
Katy skipped over, her low-rise jeans threatening to fall off her skinny hips. With some girls, that was a sexy look. With Katy, it made you nervous.
journey trying way
In a way, “failure” is just another word for “the journey,” for not being there yet but on the way. It’s the road we walk on to get wherever it is we’re trying to go.
years week happens
No one measures a life in weeks and days. You measure life in years and by the things that happen to you.
mother voice want
Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.
should-have want needs
Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.
people mark
Some people come into your life and leave a mark.
love-is unfinished-business color
the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That's the unfinished business between us. because love, love is never finished.
giving bears lord
The Lord doesn't give a person more than he knows they can bear.
christian different sincere
I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.
mother believe writing
It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night, and we always loved playing make-believe games. I had a well-primed imagination. I didn't start thinking about writing as a serious pursuit, a career I could have, until after college.
country book editors
My books have been translated into various languages and sold in other countries, but I never have any contact with the foreign publishers and am so disconnected from that process that it seems almost imaginary. With 'How to Save a Life', I worked closely with Usborne editors and have been involved in the publicity.
growing-up father school
My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.