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Lock and Key

Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen

Lock and Key is a novel written by author Sarah Dessen. It is her eighth published novel. It was published by Viking's Children's Books in 2008.

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“But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.”

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“Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.”

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“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”

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“This is exactly what i wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.”

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“Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.”

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“Once I turned eighteen, I could cut myself off from everyone and finally get what I wanted, which was to be on my own, once and for all.

~Ruby, pg 38”

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“It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.”

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“Conciseness is underrated”

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“You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.”

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“Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it… that's when you get into trouble”

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“You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.”

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“I just don't know," I said, my voice sounding bumby, not like mine, "how do you help someone who doesn't want your help. What do you do when you can't do anything?”

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“There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.”

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“Only a weak person needed someone else around all the time.”

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“You don't have to make things harder then they have to be just to prove a point.”

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“It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.”

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“Hey, and for what it's worth? Friends don't leave you alone in the woods. Friends are the ones who come and take you out.”

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“Whenever something great happens, you’re always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself.”

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