Sara Shepard Quotes

Knowing the right questions is better than knowing all the right answers Caleb from Pretty Little Liars (TV Show) ~ Sara Shepard

I was not tormented in any way; I was never even bullied. I had a nice teenage life. ~ Sara Shepard

I didn't want to be morose. I didn't want to recoil from everything ~ Sara Shepard

This doesn't mean you're damaged. It just means your mind has adapted to feelings of being unsafe. It's a coping mechanism ~ Sara Shepard

Had been keeping Diddy, his pet tarantula, in an empty terra-cotta pot Helmut used to grow tulips. Hanna's parents nervously stood up and walked over to the doctor. "Your daughter is still unconscious," Dr. Geist said quietly. "Not much has changed. ~ Sara Shepard

With teenagers, the emotions are higher and things are more dramatic. That doesn't mean adults don't also act like children in their own way. ~ Sara Shepard

Never say never
-A ~ Sara Shepard

You have to do good things for people you care about. ~ Sara Shepard

Hey!' she said, punching Hanna's arm hard. 'Where have you been, bitch? I've been looking all over for you! ~ Sara Shepard

She'd make them wish they were never Alison DiLaurentis's friends in the first place. She didn't know how, and she didn't know when, but at least she had one person she could count on to help her carry it out. Together, they were going to make it happen.
Even if it killed her. ~ Sara Shepard

Life is hard. If we go with these feelings that are wrong, our lives are going to be even more of an uphill battle. things are hard enough, you know? Why make it worse? ~ Sara Shepard

It's not fun to keep secrets, but sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you. - Meredith, p112 ~ Sara Shepard

Here you go, dear."" The corners of Mrs. Colbert's mouth curled up. "You like meat, don't you?"
Emily blinked. Was it her, or did that statement seem ... loaded? She checked Issac for his reaction, but he was innocently selecting a roll from a wicker basket. "Uh, thanks." Emily said, pulling the platter toward her. She did like meat. The kind you, um, eat. ~ Sara Shepard

Detective Quinlan, I think I know who killed my sister."
...
"That's interesting. I was just coming back here to tell you the same thing... Emma. ~ Sara Shepard

'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family. ~ Sara Shepard

-Are you okay? he asked leaning slightly towards her.
-Don't I look okay?
-You look perfect as always. I asked how you felt. ~ Sara Shepard

When Courtney appeared from the hallway, a whisper of a smile emerged on her eerily familiar face; Spencer's legs dissolved into Jell-O. Aria let out a small squeak. ~ Sara Shepard

I don't have a twin. That's impossible." - Sutton
"You do have a twin." - Becky ~ Sara Shepard

My enemies are everywhere. And sometimes, those we least suspect turn out to be our biggest threats. ~ Sara Shepard

Last but not least, she put on a pair of black-framed reading glasses she'd found on Mr. Mercer's bedside table. If it worked for Clark Kent, it'd work for her. ~ Sara Shepard

I hope that one day, my life will be different and richer, too, but from this vantage point, sitting here in this little room, it's so hard to know ~ Sara Shepard

I am not an actress. ~ Sara Shepard

Life is short. You've got to take what you can while you can. ~ Sara Shepard

Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret. ~ Sara Shepard

Two joggers passed, shoes cheerfully slapping against the pavement. ~ Sara Shepard

No wonder Emma didn't see me. No wonder I wasn't in the mirror. I wasn't really there.
I was dead.
...
Emma stared at the girl's huge, blue eyes, slightly upturned nose, and round face. She looked exactly like her.
That was because the girl in the video was me. ~ Sara Shepard

We haven't officially met," she said softly. "I'm Charlotte Chamberlain. I'm very sorry for your loss."
...
"I'm so sorry, Char," she whispered...
"We're sorry we didn't give you a chance to explain," Madeline said. ~ Sara Shepard

Ezra clapped his hands. "all right," he said. "In addition to the books we're reading as a class, I want to do an extra side project on unreliable narrators." Devon Arliss raised her hand. "what does that mean?" Ezra strode around the room. "well, the narrator tells us the story in the book, right? But what if ... the narrator isn't telling us the truth? Maybe he's telling us his skewed version of the story to get you on his side. Or to scare you. Or maybe he's crazy! ~ Sara Shepard

Girls fight much dirtier than boys ~ Sara Shepard

Maybe the best reputation is no reputation. Maybe it's best not to care whatsoever how people see you. Maybe the only thing that really matters is how you see yourself. ~ Sara Shepard

Emily felt the Vanilla Coke she was drinking fizz up her nose. ~ Sara Shepard

Jenna can't hear us; she's blind ... You know what I mean ~ Sara Shepard

I know you saw something. Why else would you guys run? - Mr. Mercer ~ Sara Shepard

You're right. We Mercer girls are alike... We're bitches you don't want to mess with. - Laurel, to Ethan ~ Sara Shepard

The first step of any therapy is a little self-awareness. I want you to think about the ways your habits, your belief systems, your personality quirks have been developed to help you and protect you. Then ask yourself if they are truly working or if they're hurting you. For instance, when you feel a headache coming on, focus on something in front of you. Something real, like your hand, to keep you in the moment. It sounds small, but it helps, I promise. ~ Sara Shepard

Spencer." Mrs. Hastings leaned across the restaurant table. "Don't touch the bread. It's rude to start eating before everyone is seated. ~ Sara Shepard

...felt an unfamiliar sensation in her chest. After a moment, she realized what it was: happiness ~ Sara Shepard

sometimes lies are more interesting than the truth ~ Sara Shepard

But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath. ~ Sara Shepard

Before Ethan went all Incredible Hulk on Thayer's ass, the most exciting thing to happen was a spray-cheese fight some of the morons from the wrestling team got into on the back patio. ~ Sara Shepard

I kept a journal when I was a teenager, so I definitely look back on those to see how I dealt with friends and cliques and getting picked on, or boyfriend breakups. ~ Sara Shepard

Let's punk this bitch. - Nisha ~ Sara Shepard

If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity. ~ Sara Shepard

Sometimes you have to admit that a relationship can't be fixed. That no matter how much you want to, you can't trust some people. ~ Sara Shepard

The best you can do is be honest with the people you love and hope that they'll care enough about you to listen. ~ Sara Shepard

But here's the thing about seeing and knowing everything - sometimes ignorance is safer. ~ Sara Shepard

Emma still had a lot to learn about me. The only place I went stag was the bathroom. ~ Sara Shepard

I mean, that's where you're going with this, aren't you? Just because we rattled off some names doesn't mean we have any control over them dying or going missing or whatever. ~ Sara Shepard

You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery! ~ Sara Shepard

The obstacle is the path. ~ Sara Shepard

I'm still here, bitches. And I know everything." -A ~ Sara Shepard

I get to thinking, and when I get to thinking it's not always good ~ Sara Shepard

I was just over high school, and I was kind of artsy. ~ Sara Shepard

We killed an innocent girl ~ Sara Shepard

It was funny how love could make people believe everything. ~ Sara Shepard

When I first started this, I was just trying to survive. But now... I feel like I know Sutton, Ethan. I know it sounds weird, but I feel like she's here sometimes, still with me, cheering me on. I love her, and I can't let her down. She deserves justice." She shook her head again. "I'm either going to solve this thing, or I'm going to die trying."
I felt my whole being fall very still. No one had ever made a promise like that for me, risked death for me. For once I was glad that Emma couldn't hear my thoughts. I wasn't sure I could find the words to tell her how grateful I was. ~ Sara Shepard

Sean was starting to remind her of the croque-monsieur she once ordered in Nice. At first glance, it looked like a plain, cookie-cutter grilled cheese, nothing special. But when she bit into it, the cheese was Brie and there were chopped-up portabello mushrooms hidden underneath. There was a lot more to it than it had appeared. Sean ~ Sara Shepard

all of us are damaged in our own ways. It's just that most people call it 'experience'. And you've had a lot of experience. ~ Sara Shepard

I suppose I could let bygones be bygones, forgive and forget, yadda yadda. But where's the fun in that? These pretty little bitches got everything I ever wanted, and now I'm going to make sure they get exactly what they deserve. Does that make me sound awful? Sorry, but as every pretty little liar knows, sometimes the truth's ugly-and it always hurts.
I'll be watching ...
Mwah!
-A ~ Sara Shepard

Aria Crosses Over ~ Sara Shepard

I know what I know," she said softly. "But I let go of the fury I had for that boy a long time ago. If I didn't, it would consume me. Like perhaps it's consuming you ~ Sara Shepard

Seeing 'Pretty Little Liars' fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity. ~ Sara Shepard

Don't believe everything you hear ~ Sara Shepard

DON'T MIND ME, I'M JUST DEAD! ~ Sara Shepard

It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes. ~ Sara Shepard

Under the glitzy, glamorous surface of the simplest popcorn flick, there were often hidden depths of meaning. ~ Sara Shepard

We have not meet our destination till we are there for sure. ~ Sara Shepard

You want to throw your life away for some stupid conversation we had? Like we're the first people ever who talk about people we want dead. ~ Sara Shepard

You should know the truth about the stars
even though it seems like they're close together, up there in heavens, they're zillion light years apart. ~ Sara Shepard

Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have them in the open ~ Sara Shepard

So then they'd snuggled up to each other, naked, and started to talk. Ezra told her about the time he was six and sculpted a red squirrel out of clay, only to have his brother squash it. How he used to smoke a lot of pot after his parents got divorced. About the time he had to take the family's fox terrier to the vet to have her put to sleep. Aria told him about how when she was little, she kept a can of split pea soup named Pee as a pet and cried when her mom tried to cook Pee for dinner. ~ Sara Shepard

Never under estimate a pretty little liar. ~ Sara Shepard

I loved the movie 'Heathers' and the TV show 'Twin Peaks.' ~ Sara Shepard

I told my parents she's a low-income student from inner-city Philadelphia who's going through some tough times at home right now, and I'm doing this as an outreach program through Rosewood Day. Amazingly, they bought it. ~ Sara Shepard

I'm just saying
you can't prevent other people from disappointing you. It's bound to happen at some point. We're all only human. What you can do is decide how you're going to deal with it. ~ Sara Shepard

I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.' ~ Sara Shepard

Whatever baggage you have, use it. Conquer it. Don't let it stop you. ~ Sara Shepard

Fool me once,
shame on you!
Fool my bestfriend
your dead freakin meat ~ Sara Shepard

Alison was great at keeping secrets, but she was also great at punishing people with the truth."

- Jason Dilaurentis, Pretty Little Liars ~ Sara Shepard

Memory was a tricky thing, but reality was even trickier. Once you made up your mind about something, it was hard to comprehend that the truth could be something else ~ Sara Shepard

Be Yourself Not What The World Wants You To Be ~ Sara Shepard

I know what it feels like to watch something happen and wish, going forward, that you could do something, anything, to change at least your world, the people around you, to keeo everything close to you safe ~ Sara Shepard

She hated their new nickname. It made them sound like deranged Barbie dolls. ~ Sara Shepard

My sister had blown out the candle in our breath.That meant our wishes were definitely going to come true ~ Sara Shepard

You don't have to keep thanking me. I'm not Mother Teresa. ~ Sara Shepard

There are some remedies worse than disease. ~ Sara Shepard

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies. ~ Sara Shepard

Four liars are about to be burned
-A ~ Sara Shepard

I do believe, girls, that Mr. Emo Boy is next. - Laurel ~ Sara Shepard

At least she had a clear picture of what the Lying Game was now: Girl Scouts for psychopaths. ~ Sara Shepard

No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth. ~ Sara Shepard

Sometimes, I don't notice I'm singing. ~ Sara Shepard

The lie that started it all. ~ Sara Shepard

They felt kind of like dolls, with Ali arranging their every move. ~ Sara Shepard

I guess anything's possible. But maybe I'm just being silly. There's time to keep hope alive and a time to let go. ~ Sara Shepard

I've always hated biology who cares how a cell divides, it just does ~ Sara Shepard

Fine,' Aria conceded. 'But *I'll* carry her.' She grabbed the baby seeat from the back. A smell of baby powder wafted up to greet her, bringing a lump in her throat. Her father Byron, and his girlfriend, Meredith, had just had a baby, and she loved Lola with all her heart. If she looked too long at this baby, she might love her just as much. ~ Sara Shepard

You can dream about something for so long, but sometimes reality doesn't exactly live up. ~ Sara Shepard

Strangers see you the way you want them to see you. You can't fool friends ... that's what makes them friends ...
Pretty Little Liars ~ Sara Shepard

Emma sounds like an old maid. Sutton's way better." - Nisha
Emma pursed her lips, but I couldn't help it. I burst out laughing. ~ Sara Shepard