Sarah Tomp > Quotes

“I don't know notes or octaves or the difference between sharp and flat, but I know music makes everything more.”
― Sarah Tomp, My Best Everything

“Easy makes a good sell for meant-to-be.”
― Sarah Tomp, My Best Everything

“I heard the missing in her voice. Knew she dreaded me leaving, but even more, Bucky. He'd been in all of my AP classes, quietly earning grades almost as good as mine. He was only headed two hours down the highway to Virginia Tech, but Roni knew there were more than miles between here and there, more than hours between now and what might come. Bucky was way too smart to stay in Dale and pump gas so other people could go places.”
― Sarah Tomp, My Best Everything

“I wasn't in a place to judge any choice she'd made. The moments when we feel most untouchable, that's when we most need a hand.”
― Sarah Tomp, My Best Everything

“I didn't know how to say it, but I'd learned to love Dale. More than I ever thought I could. I loved the rush of the river and the hundred different shades of green. The sun on the hills and the shadows of the valleys. The smell of the air first thing in the morning and the last breath at night. The rhythms and sounds. Also, the people who made their way through this place. Like you. And me too. We tried to make things better, but we also made do with what we had. We weren't too proud to scratch and scrape by. We knew how to spot beauty within the rough.”
― Sarah Tomp, My Best Everything

“We can trust her.” He smiled suddenly, showing one crooked tooth on the side. Not enough to be snaggled, but more like it had its own ideas about the way it should go. Reflexively, she ran her tongue over her own teeth, feeling for the chipped spot. It was still there, even if it was too tiny for anyone else to notice.”
― Sarah Tomp, The Easy Part of Impossible: A YA Novel About an Elite Diver Healing from an Abusive Coach