Lock and Key Quotes

“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart, and the world all so still. And it was this I remembered every other time I was with Marshall.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Whenever something great happens, you’re always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“We both know the limits of this relationship. It's understood. And as long as we're both comfortablewith that, nobody get's hurt. It's basic.'
~Oliva, pg 374”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“The only trick was never giving more that you were willing to lose.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“My mother has always been the point I calibrated myself against. In knowing where she was, I could always locate myself, as well. These months she'd been gone, I felt like I'd been floating, loose and boundaryless, but now that I knew where she was, I kept waiting for a kind of certainty to kick in. It didn't. Instead, I was more unsure than ever, stuck between this new life and the one I'd left behind.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if I held on, there was no telling what it was possible to recieve in return.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Okay. Enough." I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. "This is happening. So you need to go downstairs, face your fears, and make the best of it, and everything will be okay."
She narrowed her eyes at me. "When did you suddenly become so positive?"
"Just get out of there.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“I was only then, when I knew I was alone, at least for the moment, that I reached under my gown into the pocket of my dress. As I pulled out my key from the yellow house, which I'd kept on my bureau since the day Nate left, I traced the shape one last time before folding my hand tightly around it.
Behind me, Cora was calling again. My family was waiting. Looking down at the pond, all I could think was that it is an incredible thing, how a whole world can rise from what seems like nothing at all. I stepped closer to the edge, keeping my eyes on my reflection as I dropped the key into the water, where it landed with a splash. At first, the fish darted away, but as it began to sink they circled back, gathering around. Together, they followed it down, down until it was gone.<3 ”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“You don't have to make things harder then they have to be just to prove a point.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Still, there was also was something reassuring about working for Commercial, almost hopeful. Like things that were lost could be found again. As we drove away, I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on. maybe it had seen places you never had, been rerouted and passed through so many strange hands, but still somehow found its way back to you, all before the day even began. ”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be one of so many, to have not just parents and siblings but cousins and aunts and uncles, an entire tribe to claim as your own. Maybe you would feel lost in the crowd. Or sheltered by it. Whatever the case, one things was for sure: like it or not, you'd never be alone.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“And the rest is history,' I said.
Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“We all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways: the ocean, lapis lazuli, the sky, someone's eyes. Our definitions are as different as we are ourselves.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Theres this other half of him i dont know of, its like he is trying it keep it a secret.... if he would just let me inside so i can help”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Through my tears, I could hear her, saying it was all going to be okay, and I knew she believed this. But I was sure of something, too: it's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching, and rarely discovered--so many locks, not enough keys.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“It’s never something huge that changes the everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you’re busy focusing on the big picture.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise. For some people, it's love. Others, money or alcohol. Mine was even worse: calculus.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Needing was so easy: it came naturally, like breathing. Being needed by someone else, though, that was the hard part. But as with giving help and accepting it, we had to do both to be made complete-like links overlapping to form a chain, or a lock finding the right key.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“No,' I said, shooting him a look. '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.'
In your opinion,' I added.
Look,' he said, 'the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. so you're left with a choice. Eitherhope for the best, or just expect the worst.'
If you expect the worst you're never disappointed,' I pointed out.

~Ruby and Nate, pg 259”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“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.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“There was nothing, nothing to depend on. And why was I surprised?”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Watching them, I thought again of how we can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

“Don't I know it.”
― Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key