Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allenis an American author. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she graduated with a degree in literature. In early 2011 Allen was diagnosed with breast cancer and completed a round of chemotherapy by October of the same year...
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suffering going-away peppers
Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.
safe scared
Safe is just another word for scared.
dying trying popcorn
You're dying with the way things are," Della Lee said harshly, causing Josey to lower the handful of popcorn she was about to put in her mouth. "You're going to lose yourself in this, Josey. It's going to happen if you don't change. I know. I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
together looks reassurance
Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.
true-friend sticks would-be
Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.
life-is
Life is about experience... You can't hold on to everything
ice expectations chocolate
Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation.
breathing going-away moments
Her friendship . . . still existed, as if it was a living, breathing thing, something that came to life the moment it happened and didn't just go away because they no longer acknowledged it.
charity helping knows
How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us?
falling-in-love fall people
People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.
abiding helping ifs
all we have is our deep and abiding love for each other. We can't loose that or we loose ourselves. If we don't help each other, who will?
grateful mushrooms soup
But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.
strong way breaking-down
Because he knew the best way to get what he wanted was to break down what made us strongest. And our friendships were what made us strong.
lucky true-friendship enough
That, they knew, was true friendship. And they knew, if you're lucky enough to find it, you hold on to it.