Sara Ackerman > Quotes

“Don't believe everything you hear about yourself. It tends to be false.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

“Maybe that was the secret to dying—to live a life with so much heart that, when you go, you are never really gone.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Codebreaker's Secret

“That was the thing about sadness; when shared, it became softer and that much easier to take.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“When it came down to man versus nature, nature usually won.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Sometimes it’s good to reexamine your reasons. You may just find that they’re outdated and no longer serve a purpose.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Codebreaker's Secret

“Perhaps that was the secret. You had to have a genuine interest before you could fall in love with a subject.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

“Some things stay with you forever, in a place deeper than memory.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“But here’s the catch—all life is interconnected, so you have to factor in what’s good for the whole. What you want may not be what the world needs at any given moment, and if that’s the case, your want may not happen. Better to step aside and allow.”
― Sara Ackerman, Red Sky Over Hawaii

“Don't you know that hope is the last thing ever lost. A proverb to live by if there ever were one.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Anyone could see half her heart was missing.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

“Old people were like icebergs, she realized. All you saw was the tip, but beneath the surface there was this long and full life lived.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“One thing I know about hopes and dreams is that they come on their own time.”
― Sara Ackerman, Red Sky Over Hawaii

“Funny how dreams were dreams, and then one day, if you were lucky- or persistent enough, they became reality.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“They say the reason for time is so everything doesn’t happen at once. Meaning, if all our dreams came true at the same time, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate them.”
― Sara Ackerman, Red Sky Over Hawaii

“Always assume the best, and the forces of nature will conspire to make it happen,”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“When you think all is lost and you’re about to give up, when you want more than anything to turn around and quit, don’t. Keep going.” He paused for effect in the way he always did before he was about to reveal some great discovery. “That’s when the magic happens.”
― Sara Ackerman, Red Sky Over Hawaii

“For as long as she could remember, the stars had been a connection to something greater.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Parents think they know what’s best for us. They either want us to become them, or to become a reflection of their broken dreams.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Codebreaker's Secret

“He did better than most. But there’s a fine line between want and need, and hope and trust. If we trust, we are given what we need, because we know that all things are possible.”
― Sara Ackerman, Red Sky Over Hawaii

“See you on the other side Rascal. Bulldog over and out.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

“In Daisy’s experience”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

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― Sara Ackerman, The Shark House

“Sometimes the smallest things can be the scariest.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“Don’t believe everything you hear about yourself. It tends to be false.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

“But there’s a fine line between want and need, and hope and trust. If we trust, we are given what we need, because we know that all things are possible.”
― Sara Ackerman, Red Sky Over Hawaii

“Suddenly she wasn't just doing this for her father and herself, but for a whole ocean of young girls with big dreams.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“There were eight main islands: Ni‘ihau, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Lana‘i, Maui, Kaho‘olawe, and Hawai‘i.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West

“You are the one that kept me up at night. You are the one I had to make it home for.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

“The more you loved something, the more you hurt when you lost it.”
― Sara Ackerman, Radar Girls

“Old people rule...
They know things. They've lived. There's no bullshit.”
― Sara Ackerman, The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West