# Quote — Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

> I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. We can't heal you at Evergreen, the very somber voiceover said. But we can help you to heal yourself. It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything.

- Author: [Sarah Dessen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen.md)
- Book: [Dreamland](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen/dreamland.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen/dreamland/id-heard-of-evergreen

## More from this book

> I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I felt pulled in all directions, fighting to keep all these obligations circling in the air above me. It was only a matter of time before something fell.

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> I felt like I'd been swimming so hard, and the water growing warmer and warmer the closer I got to the top. I wasn't there yet, but now I could see the surface, rippling just beyond my fingers.

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> Can she be divorced? I asked. And famous for her commercials and ideas?

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