Sarah Lean > Quotes

“But Angel and I both know that one day Lunar will want to kick; he will want to live and be what he is supposed to be.”
― Sarah Lean, A Horse for Angel

“someone called Sting who has the highest score. He tells me to shut up all the time; he can’t break records and reduce his lap times with me banging about in the background. Dad tells me to leave him alone. He says you have to give a man a bit of peace and quiet. I remember Mom used to say she liked noise in the house. She said, “When the kids are quiet, you know there’s trouble.” But Dad doesn’t seem to remember anything she used to say. Luke calculated sponsoring me probably wouldn’t cost him much. But he said it would be worth every penny. “I wish it were forever,” he said. “Be”
― Sarah Lean, A Dog Called Homeless: A Middle Grade Novel About Friendship, Family Healing, and a Mother's Love for Kids

“We all have to find out who matters and how to bring ourselves close to them.”
― Sarah Lean, The Good Bear

“I would always have to his memory of Christmas Eve in a winter wonderland with a bear.”
― Sarah Lean, The Good Bear

“It was nice that he remembered. He was so forgetful these days. He forgot he had to do the ironing. He forgot to shave. He forgot to pay the phone bill, and it took weeks for them to connect us up again. He was just like a raggedy old bear still sleepy from hibernating over winter.”
― Sarah Lean, A Dog Called Homeless: A Middle Grade Novel About Friendship, Family Healing, and a Mother's Love for Kids

“It was a wonderful feeling; a sense of knowing that I had something creative in me and it was my responsibility to find a way of letting it out.”
― Sarah Lean, The Good Bear

“But look," I said, "look what would happen if we suddenly started spinning a different way.”
― Sarah Lean, A Dog Called Homeless

“I had begun to think of him as Henry, the man who used to be my dad.”
― Sarah Lean, The Good Bear

“I don’t write silly stories!’ I said, stung by his words. ‘I write about things that are important and interesting to me.”
― Sarah Lean, The Good Bear

“f ind”
― Sarah Lean, The Midnight Foxes

“All will be well, because of that god brave heart of yours.”
― Sarah Lean, The Good Bear

“And then I wondered: did it matter how anyone celebrated Christmas, as long as you shared it with someone? If it brought you close to them? If you continued over time to remember each year, didn’t that make your traditions and connections stronger?”
― Sarah Lean, The Good Bear