Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allenis 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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believe believe-in-me knows
When you have to do something, you have to do it. Putting it off only makes it worse. Believe me, I know.
falling-in-love fall people
People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.
abiding helping ifs
all we have is our deep and abiding love for each other. We can't loose that or we loose ourselves. If we don't help each other, who will?
dream thinking giving
I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one. I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.
empty feels
How could someone with a life this full feel this empty?
why-not you-like-it who-you-are
You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?
grateful mushrooms soup
But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.
together looks reassurance
Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.
morning love-you stills
Willa?" "Yes" "It's morning and I still love you.
dying trying popcorn
You're dying with the way things are," Della Lee said harshly, causing Josey to lower the handful of popcorn she was about to put in her mouth. "You're going to lose yourself in this, Josey. It's going to happen if you don't change. I know. I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
hurt sorry men
Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.
air knows
When you know something’s wrong, but you don’t know exactly what it is, the air around you changes.
people grows
People adapt. People change. You can grow where you're planted.
children grandmother secret
Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.