Hayden Hamby

“I closed my eyes and saw not the flat black of the dark but something else. Something brighter, closer to light, shining small but ever steady. More than enough to go on as a part of me pushed up and out, finally, to meet it there.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

“If you’re forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you’d want to have spent it?”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Life’s short, you know?”
[...] But, suddenly, in that moment, it was like I could feel [Abe]. Sitting in the very seat where I was, riding along with us. Maybe he’s been there the whole time.”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

“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