“ But holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn’t make you strong. If anything, it makes you weaker. Because you’re doing it out of fear – of taking that chance. Of letting go and giving into it, and that’s what makes us what we are. Risks. That’s living. Being too scared to even try it – that’s just a waste. I can say I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but I don’t regret things. Because at least I didn’t spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)
