Quotes from bookAlong for the Ride
Along for the Ride is a novel by Sarah Dessen. It was released on June 16, 2009. The novel focuses on Auden West, who never sleeps at night due to her parents' continuous fighting when she was in high school. Before heading off to college, Auden decides to spend her summer before college with her father and his new wife and baby. Although Auden is at first reluctant, she comes to really like her stepmother and half sister. Auden also ends up spending her nights making up for her lost childhood with Eli, a loner and insomniac with an intriguing past. She learns that second chances are possible and questions if people can truly change.
“So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were.”
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“It’s still a memory worth having, even if it’s not exactly what you imagined”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
Variant: It's still a memory worth having, even if it's not exactly what you imagined.
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“What defines you isn’t how many times you
crash, but the number of times you get back.”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
Variant: What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.
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Variant: Call it crazy, or just chicken salad.
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“It's harder that in looks," I told him when I finally got back in the car.
"Most things are”
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“Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside”
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“Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
-Maggie”
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“Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push, so to speak.”
Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride
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