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The Truth About Forever

The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen

The Truth About Forever is Sarah Dessen's sixth novel. It was published in hardcover on May 11, 2004 and in paperback on April 6, 2006. In 2006 the audiobook adaptation of The Truth About Forever was one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's selected picks for that year.

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“The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.”

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“Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.”

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“No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood. If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right.”

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“It's nice to have options even if you can't take them.”

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“I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.”

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“That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.”

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“Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.”

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“That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.”

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“I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.”

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“What you have to decide… is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.”

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“It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.”

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“Never would forever, with all its meanings, be so clear and distinct as in the true, guaranteed end of the world.”

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“what you have to decide, is how you want your life to be. if your forever was ending tomorrow, would this b the way you'd want to have spent it?”

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“It's just that… I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.”

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“But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.”

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“You know, feeling and action are always linked, one can't exist without the other. It's sort of a hippie thing.-Wes”

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“I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.”

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“So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.”

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“Why does she have wings?'
So she can fly.”

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