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What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened to Goodbye

Sarah Dessen

What Happened to Goodbye is a young adult novel by Sarah Dessen. The book chronicles the life of a 16- to 17-year-old girl, Mclean, and her journey of self-discovery.

“But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.”

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“It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.”

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“It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.”

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“I mean, it's impossible to fake anything if you've already seen the other person in a way they'd never choose for you to. You can't go back from that.”

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“I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.”

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“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”

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“When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.”

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“Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.”

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“What happened to goodbye?”

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“How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone.”

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“Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying.
"You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.”

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“But anyone can begin. It was the part with all the promise, the potential, the things I loved. More and more, though, I was finding myself wanting to find out what happened in the end..”

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“If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.”

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“Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.”

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“You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you.”

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“Let's just start and see what happens.”

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“Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.”

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“All those clean, fresh starts had made me forget what it was like, until now, to be messy and honest and out of control. To be real.”

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“It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.”

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“You want to take me to a movie?" I asked.
"Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off.”

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