Fixing Delilah

An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book Things in Delilah Hannaford's life have a tendency to fall apart. She used to be a good student, but she can't seem to keep it together anymore. Her "boyfr

Characters

Sarah Ockler (7)

I realized that I was holding on to something that didn't exist anymore. That the person I missed didn't exist anymore. People change.

— Sarah Ockler, amazon.com

People Change Relationships Friendship People Come and Go Love & Relationships

I understand how easy it would be to lose yourself in the heart of another. It‘s frightening. Exhilarating. An ocean with no lifeguard.

— Sarah Ockler, amazon.com

Love Losing Yourself Fear uncertain Possibility

I understand how easy it would be to lose yourself in the heart of another. It‘s frightening. Exhilarating. An ocean with no lifeguard.

— Sarah Ockler, amazon.com

Love Happens Love Quote Love Makes You Crazy Best Feeling Unexplainable Feelings

I understand how easy it would be to lose yourself in the heart of another. It‘s frightening. Exhilarating. An ocean with no lifeguard.

— Sarah Ockler, amazon.com

Love

I wonder how much we don‘t see. How much of our lives we witness and accept as truth when the rest of the iceberg—the heaviest, bulkiest part—is buried and invisible.

— Sarah Ockler, amazon.com

Life Quotes Complicated Life Truth About Life

In your entire life, you can probably count your true friends on one hand. Maybe even on one finger. Those are the friends you need to cherish, and I wouldn't trade one of them for a hundred of the other kind. I'd rather be completely alone than with a bunch of people who aren't real. People who are…

— Sarah Ockler, amazon.com

Friends Friendship Alone

In your entire life, you can probably count your true friends on one hand. Maybe even on one finger. Those are the friends you need to cherish, and I wouldn't trade one of them for a hundred of the other kind.

— Sarah Ockler, amazon.com

Friendship Love

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