Sarah Thebarge > Quotes

“...in addition to feeling sick and tired and feverish and nauseated, I also felt forgotten. And there was no easy cure for that.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“Love will cost you dearly.
And it will break your heart.
But in the end, it will save the world.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“When I interviewed at Yale, the admissions committee asked me why they should let me into the program. I looked at them unblinking and said, 'Because I'm going to change the world some day. And I'm giving you the chance to say, We knew her when.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“As I watched them file down the stairs, I didn't cry and I wasn't afraid. But I couldn't tell if it was Jesus or the gin.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“...it occurred to me that maybe Samson's hair wasn't the source of his strength; maybe it was the symbol of his strength. And maybe when Delilah cut off his hair, he didn't lose his power because he lost his hair; he just woke up the next morning and looked in the mirror, and suddenly for the life of him couldn't remember who he was.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“No matter where you go, I promise I will always love you, and I will always find you.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“Part of me was afraid that if I raised my fist to the sky and demanded an answer now, I would hear a thundering and calloused, 'Because I said so," from God in heaven. And I may not ever want to speak to Him again.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“As my nostrils filled with the stench of burnt hair and my friends scurried to clean up the mess, I thought, 'If your hair catches on fire while you're making a wish, does that mean it isn't coming true?”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“I needed someone to tell me how God could allow someone He loved to suffer so much when I wouldn't do this to someone I hated.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“I just want to tell you if that's what You have planned for me, if I am meant to be an obscure flower in the corner of the expansive garden, I will live there and I will love You and I will bloom just for You -- only, always, ever.”
― Sarah Thebarge

“Living anonymously in a new city and wearing wigs and sunglasses most of the time, I felt as if I were in a witness protection program, hiding out from the cancer that had tried to kill me.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“When Delilah learned that Samson’s hair was the source of his strength, she chopped it off while he was sleeping and rendered him powerless. As I studied my reflection in the mirror, it occurred to me that maybe Samson’s hair wasn’t his source of strength; maybe it was a symbol of his strength. And maybe when Delilah cut off his hair, he didn’t lose his power because he lost his hair; he just woke up the next morning and looked in the mirror, and suddenly for the life of him couldn’t remember who he was.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“During the first year after my cancer diagnosis, I had prayed every night for God to take me Home to be with Him if life wasn’t going to get any better, and I felt as if my prayer had gone unnoticed or unanswered because I had to keep praying it. Now it dawned on me that I had received His response because, morning after morning, I kept waking up.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls

“How was it that Ian could choose to tap out, but I couldn’t? Why couldn’t I take cancer to Starbucks and say, “Look, I’m sorry, I can’t do this. It’s just too hard.”
― Sarah Thebarge, The Invisible Girls