# Quote — Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

> Well, it's New Year's now but I don't feel that way anymore. I wonder if you do either. Something's happening to me. It's like I'm shrinking smaller and smaller and I can't stop it. There's just so much wrong that I can't imagine the shame in admitting even the tiniest part of it. When you left it was like there was this huge gap to fill, but instead of spreading wide enough to do it I just fell right in, and I'm still falling. Like I'm half-asleep, and I can't wake up, can't wake up....

- 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/well-its-new

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> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen/dreamland/i-was-running.md)

> 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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