Sarah Jio > Quotes

“The definition of a true friend is not someone who swoops in when you're going through a rough patch. True friendship is when someone can appreciate your happiness - celebrate your happiness, even when she's not necessarily happy herself.”
― Sarah Jio

“If summer had a flavor, it was pink bubble gum.”
― Sarah Jio, The Violets of March

“You know, things fall apart. You grieve. And then you sit around and wait for things to somehow get perfect again. But they don’t. They never can. There is no perfect. There’s just different. But different can be wonderful.”
― Sarah Jio, Morning Glory

“We're each given one life, and it's our job to make it useful, beautiful, and fulfilling. There is no value in suffering through it, doing something we hate. There's no prize at the end for that kind of endurance. Just a spent life.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“Great love endures time, heartache, and distance. And even when all seems lost, true love lives on.”
― Sarah Jio, The Violets of March

“some of life’s most beautiful things grow out of the darkest moments.”
― Sarah Jio, Morning Glory

“Whenever you’re down on your luck, and when things aren’t going the way you like, remember that you are the author of your own story. You can write it any way you like, with anyone you choose. And it can be a beautiful story or a sad and tragic one. You get to pick.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“The truth of the matter is that we always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
― Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

“I've come to realize that you can fight a lot of things in life, but you can't help who you love. You can't change who your heart chooses. I'm afraid that very fact will be the greatest tragedy of my life.”
― Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

“People are much like those stars up there. Some burn faintly for millions of years, barely visible to us on earth. They're there, but you'd hardly know it. They blend in, like a speck on a canvas. But others blaze with such intensity, they light up the sky. You can't help but notice them, marvel at them. Those are the ones that never last long. They can't. They use up all their energy quickly”
― Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

“The stars have their own language, you know. If you're careful, you can learn it.”
― Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

“Every life, every story, has peaks and valleys. You are walking through a low spot now. Perhaps it's foggy in the valley. And maybe you can't see the path anymore. But it's there. Keep walking on it. You'll find your way. And when you come through the thicket, with little rabbits hopping about, there will be a clearing, and the sun will be shining down on you with rays that will warm you and inspire you again.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“All I hear is my own grating thoughts. Is there anything more horrid than being trapped inside yourself with nothing but your own insecurities.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“Everyone has a happy place, the scene that comes into view when you close your eyes and let your mind transport you to the dot on the globe where life is cozy, safe, warm.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“The truth of the matter is that we know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
― Sarah Jio

“I was making scrambled eggs smothered in Tabasco, his favorite, when he told me about Stephanie. The way she made him laugh. The way she understood him. The way they connected. I pictured the image of two Lego pieces fusing together, and I shuddered. It’s funny; when I think back to that morning, I can actually smell burned eggs and Tabasco. Had I known that this is what the end of my marriage would smell like, I would have made pancakes.”
― Sarah Jio, The Violets of March

“No matter the state of the world, or how dark the shadow that has fallen on our city, I find it curiously comforting to know that if you plant a seed and give it sunlight and water, it will grow.”
― Sarah Jio, All the Flowers in Paris

“... I'm no longer willing to let myself down.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“Life is too short to worry about the consequences when you love someone as I love you.”
― Sarah Jio, The Violets of March

“It's like I'm trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle, and everyone is hiding the pieces from me.”
― Sarah Jio, The Violets of March

“People act out of character when they’re in pain.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories to get lost in, other worlds to live in when mine was so bleak.”
― Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

“What is childhood without stories? And how will children fall in love with stories without bookstores? You can't get that from a computer.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“Sometimes I think of my life as a great big story. Each silly thing I do is a new paragraph. And each morning I turn to the next chapter. It's fun to think of life that way, each day being an adventure of the grandest proportions. If I can give you any advice, my dear, and I am unworthy, at best, to be doling out such wisdom, I might just say this: Whenever you're down on your luck, and when things aren't going the way you like, remember that you are the author of your own story. You can write it any way you like, with anyone you choose. And it can be a beautiful story or a sad and tragic one. You get to pick.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“The only way to save bookstores is to keep children coming to them.”
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“I wonder if there is a dark side to every great love story. With great love comes great hurt. I wonder if it is inevitable.”
― Sarah Jio, Goodnight June

“Amour vit en avant.” Love lives on.”
― Sarah Jio, The Look of Love

“The old woman paid no attention to the camellia until that morning, when a fleck of pink caught her eye. The single saucer-size blossom was more magnificent than she could ever have imagined. More beautiful than any rose she'd ever seen, it swayed in the morning breeze with such an air of royalty, the old woman felt the urge to curtsey in its presence.”
― Sarah Jio, The Last Camellia

“Love does not die. It lives.”
― Sarah Jio, The Look of Love

“Tulips are the only flowers that continue to grow, up to an inch or more, after they’re cut.”
― Sarah Jio, The Look of Love