Sarah Addison Allen | "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."

"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."

Sarah Addison Allen, American Novelist

Pathway, Change, Future, Choice, Hope

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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."

"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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Personal Development

"Discipline creates ways for the lovers of it."

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Personal Development

"But she stopped herself. That wouldn't make it right. You didn't forgive because it was the only choice you thought you had. That didn't make it forgiveness, that made it desperation. She'd always been too desperate about Jake. Always."

Forgiveness

"He stood there, glowing like the sun, and stared at her like she was the unbelievable one."

Attraction

"Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation."

Strength

"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."

Nature

"A hummingbird cake, she decided as she turned on the kitchen light. It was made with bananas and pineapples and pecans and had a cream cheese frosting.She would make it light enough to float away.She reached over to open the window. To float to her daughter."

Love

"It was hard not to feel sorry for a life that had no purpose of its own... His only purpose, it seemed, was to come into her mother's life in order to send her home. For that, Bay decided, she would be grateful.For the rest, though, she wondered if she would ever be able to forgive him. She hoped she wouldn't remember him long enough to find out."

Acceptance

"Just as she was about to turn, she caught a whiff of something sweet. She inhaled deeply, instinctively wanting to savor it, but then she nearly choked when it landed on her tongue with a bitter taste. It was so strong she actually made a face.That, her grandmother had described to her once after making a particularly bad lemon cream pie, was exactly what regret tasted like."

Regret

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

Illusion

"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."

Books

"He claimed the waters must have, indeed, been healing, because look how hard his journey was on him to get there, and how easy it was on him to get home."

Journey

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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."

Author Name

Personal Development

"Discipline creates ways for the lovers of it."

Author Name

Personal Development

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"But she stopped herself. That wouldn't make it right. You didn't forgive because it was the only choice you thought you had. That didn't make it forgiveness, that made it desperation. She'd always been too desperate about Jake. Always."

Forgiveness

"He stood there, glowing like the sun, and stared at her like she was the unbelievable one."

Attraction

"Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation."

Strength

"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."

Nature

"A hummingbird cake, she decided as she turned on the kitchen light. It was made with bananas and pineapples and pecans and had a cream cheese frosting.She would make it light enough to float away.She reached over to open the window. To float to her daughter."

Love

Acceptance

Regret

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

Illusion

"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."

Books

"He claimed the waters must have, indeed, been healing, because look how hard his journey was on him to get there, and how easy it was on him to get home."

Journey