Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative.""Which... - Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride
"Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative.""Which is?""Not even trying."Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?"
"Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative.""Which is?""Not even trying."Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?"
"It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot."
"Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder--if not impossible--to lose."
"I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying."
"You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out."
"It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are."