Hayden Hamby

“It’s like everything just stopped.”
“Well, for him it probably did. You know?”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“Macy: "Seriously. What's it like?'
Wes: "Being perfect? I wouldn't know."
Macy: "Not being perfect. Being... gorgeous."
Wes: "Again, I wouldn't know. You tell me.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“I realized all those times I'd felt people stare
at me, their faces had been pictures, abstracts. None of them were mirrors, able to reflect back the expression I thought only I wore, the feelings only I felt. Until now, this moment, as our eyes met. If there was a way to recognize something you'd never seen but still knew by heart, I felt it as I looked at his face. Finally, someone understood.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“It was like Abe took some part of him when he went, you know? He’s never been the same.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride