# Quote — Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye

> Despite my dad's assurances I was strangely nervous my stomach tight ever since we'd hung up. Maybe Deb had picked up on this and it was why she'd pretty much talked nonstop since I'd approached her and asked for a ride. I'd barely had time to explain the situation before she had launched into a dozen stories to illustrate the point that Things Happened But People Were Okay in the End.

- Author: [Sarah Dessen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen.md)
- Book: [What Happened to Goodbye](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen/what-happened-to-goodbye.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen/what-happened-to-goodbye/despite-my-dads

## More from this book

> You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you."

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> The answer . . . he said slowly.

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> I felt tears prick my eyes as I looked down at the model again, looking at that girl and boy on the curb. Forever in that place, together.

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