Sarah Lyons Fleming > Quotes

“You draw a line in the sand and say you won’t cross it, you won’t believe or do a particular thing. But once you’ve grown accustomed to the unbelievable, or you’ve done what you’ve sworn you’d never do, you redraw the line a little farther back. You let the waves wash the first away like it never existed.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Mordacious

“There’s always music playing somewhere. You just have to listen.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“How can someone who has no mouth filter and kills with more glee than I thought humanly possible also coo over seedlings?” “Because they’re my babies. And mamas love their babies.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, And After

“My mother always said that everyone carries so much inside them that we never know about. That’s why she was so kind to everyone.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“It hurts, but suddenly I understand that it’s better to feel something than nothing at all. And I find that once I give into it, it lessens, and all that’s left is love.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“Humor is the last refuge of the damned.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“Everyone is going to annoy you somewhat. The trick is to find the person who only annoys you a little, and where what you love about them outweighs what you don’t love. They’ll never be perfect, but they’ll be perfect for you. The problem is that people think it has to be perfect all the time, and that’s not possible.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, And After

“The heart. It’s like a lizard’s tail. I read once that when the tail regenerates it’s never an exact replica, but it’s a tail nonetheless.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, All the Stars in the Sky

“I used to be strong, before my world went up in smoke. It was one of the things I liked best about myself, and I hate how weak I’ve become. I’ve spent the past years just surviving, and I hardly deserve a merit badge for that.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“The radio has a CD player and a few CDs, but they’re country-western. “I’m not dying to—” I look at one of the CDs, “Shania Twain. Sorry. I could do Patsy Cline or Johnny Cash, but not Shania.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, And After

“When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“Being brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It just means you do what you have to do.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“He’s funny and attractive. That doesn’t mean I want to sleep with him.” “That always means you want to sleep with someone.” “Thanks a lot,” I say. “Was that a thinly-veiled slut accusation?” “That’s funny, it wasn’t supposed to be thinly-veiled.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Mordacious

“I take a moment to admire the way Adrian’s t-shirt sticks to his back. He wasn’t a slouch in the muscle department to begin with, but now with the farm work we have to do by hand—it’s one of the silver linings in a very dark, zombie-shaped cloud.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, And After

“Santa is when people do kindness in the world, so thank you for being kind.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, World Undone

“I let my last bit of hope float up to the stars. It’s not so bad. I don’t know why I didn’t give up a year ago, a few months ago. Next world or not, I’m done with this one. I’m done with this body that has always been mine to give and no longer feels like it belongs to me.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, All the Stars in the Sky

“I pity the fool who messes with my plywood shutters,”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“We sit in the silence of the dead world and take a few precious moments that might be better used running. But in order to run fast you have to want to live, and we need this moment in order to go on, I know we do.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, And After

“You suck at crying, anyway,” I say. “Five tears and you’re done? I could’ve stretched that out for twenty minutes, at least.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, All the Stars in the Sky

“I retreat into my book—the number one reason why one should always have a book when out in public.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Instauration

“I don’t know why I thought saving my tears for Alaska was a good idea. It was stupid as fuck. There’s no point in saving things for later if later never comes.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, All the Stars in the Sky

“Dark humor is in our genes. I can die having laughed every chance I got, or I can die having been miserable. Either way, I’ll be dead. Besides, I didn’t mean it as much of a joke.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Mordacious

“I told you I’d make you caramel sauce one day.” And I told you I’d love you forever if you did, I don’t say back. I’m sure he doesn’t remember.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, All the Stars in the Sky

“With zombies, you know exactly what they want. People lie.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, All the Stars in the Sky

“She just has to get out of her own way."

I've heard the expression countless times—from my brief forays into Al-Anon to Grace—but it's only now that I hear it, as Grace would say. I'm my own worst enemy. It's great to recognize the problem. How to stop doing it is the biggie.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Mordacious

“So many people are gone that I can’t even mourn them properly. It would take every hour of every day to do it. I want to hold on to them, to think of them, but I would never get any living done if I gave them all the time they deserve. Especially now, when we’re barely living as it is—barely surviving. I hug Ana’s bag to my chest and sob. I cry over the things in my dead friend’s bag and for all the things we’ve lost so far. I don’t know why I thought saving my tears for Alaska was a good idea. It was stupid as fuck. There’s no point in saving things for later if later never comes.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, All the Stars in the Sky

“They look like they’ve just seen the world for the first time, and it’s turning out to be a much shittier place than they thought. And they’re right. The world just went from semi-shitty to never before seen levels of shittiness.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Until the End of the World

“She’s not really a bitch. Just blunt. Like a two by four.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, And After

“One of the things Peter loves about you, besides your modesty, of course, is the way you’re fearless. You’re not afraid of anything—zombies, tomato plants, or even to love with your whole heart. When”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, And After

“But you’re ruining it.” “I did warn you about my powers of fuckupitude.” “I didn’t know they could be used for good.” “Me neither, but there you go. You’re welcome.”
― Sarah Lyons Fleming, Peripeteia