Don't think or judge, just listen. - Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

"All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below."

"Silence is so freaking loud"

"Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future."

"There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart."

"So you're always honest,"I said."Aren't you?""No,"I told him. "I'm not.""Well, that's good to know, I guess.""I'm not saying I'm a liar,"I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways.""How'd you mean it, then?""I just...I don't always say what I feel.""Why not?""Because the truth sometimes hurts,"I said."Yeah,"he said. "So do lies, though."