Quotes from Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

Good be- gets bad, something lost leads to found...

it's a lot easier to be lost than found.

Like I, of all people, didn't know better than to lead a total stranger to the point where they could hurt me most, knowing how easily they'd be able to find their way back to it.

You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.

The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.

But you don't have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.""You don't have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn't always out to get you.

But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

Family isn't something that's supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They're born, they die. It's always evolving, turning into something else.

What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed there, regardless.