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Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a

Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.

Sarah Dessen
Home, People, House
"What Happened To Goodbye". Book by Sarah Dessen, May 10, 2011.

There's something nice about the silence of a car ride in the dark, going home. When you were tired of the radio and conversation, and it was okay to just be alone with your thoughts and the road ahead. If you're that comfortable with someone, you don't have to talk.

Sarah Dessen
Nice, Home, Tired
"What Happened To Goodbye". Book by Sarah Dessen, May 10, 2011.

The first thing I did when I got inside was turn on the kitchen light. Then I moved to the table, putting my dad's iPod on the speaker dock, and a Bob Dylan song came on, the notes familiar. I went into the living room, hitting the switch there, then down the hallway to my room, where I did the same. It was amazing what a little noise and brightness could do to a house and a life, how much the smallest bit of each could change everything. After all these years of just passing through, I was beginning to finally feel at home.

Sarah Dessen
Song, Dad, Home
"What Happened To Goodbye". Book by Sarah Dessen, May 10, 2011.

I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. "You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening up to someone." Yeah," he said adding some cheese straws to the cart, "but risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't." I picked up a box of cheese straws, examining it. "Yeah," I said. "But it's not all about chance, either.

Sarah Dessen
Hurt, Home, Opening Up
Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.187, Penguin

Now, now," my father said. "Let's just get the bags." This was typical. My father, the lone male in our estrogen-heavy household, had always dealt with any kind of emotional situation or conflict by doing something concrete and specific. Discussion of cramps and heavy flow at the breakfast table? He was up and out the door to change oil on one of our cars. Coming home in tears for reasons you just didn't want to discuss? He'd go make you a grilled cheese, which he'd probably end up eating. Family crisis brewing in a public place? Bags. Get the bags.

Sarah Dessen
Father, Home, Emotional
Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.44, Penguin

This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.

Sarah Dessen
Daughter, Home, Left
Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.107, Penguin

I'd been running for years: there was nothing scarier, to me, than to just be still with someone. And yet, there on that dark road, going home, I was.

Sarah Dessen
Running, Home, Dark
Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.170, Penguin

Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together.

Sarah Dessen
Home, People, House
"What Happened To Goodbye". Book by Sarah Dessen, May 10, 2011.

At every wedding someone stays home.

Sarah Dessen
Home
Sarah Dessen (2004). “That Summer”, p.7, Penguin

It's true. It's like the hidden secret that no one tells you. we can all be beautiful girls, Colie. it's so easy. it's like Dorothy clicking her heels to go home. You could do it all along.

Sarah Dessen
Beautiful, Girl, Home
Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.217, Penguin

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