Top 60 Sarah Jio Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Great love endures time, heartache, and distance. And even when all seems lost, true love lives on.”

— Sarah Jio

2. “We’re each given one life, and it’s our job to make it useful, beautiful, and fulfilling. There is no value in suffering through it, doing something we hate. There’s no prize at the end for that kind of endurance. Just a spent life.”

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3. “Marriage, my dear, is not suicide.”

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4. “I’m no longer willing to let myself down.”

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5. “Whenever you’re down on your luck, and when things aren’t going the way you like, remember that you are the author of your own story. You can write it any way you like, with anyone you choose. And it can be a beautiful story or a sad and tragic one. You get to pick.”

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6. “The stars have their own language, you know. If you’re careful, you can learn it.”

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7. “Everyone has a happy place, the scene that comes into view when you close your eyes and let your mind transport you to the dot on the globe where life is cozy, safe, warm.”

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8. “I may not have had closure, but I have tasted wisdom. Anyone who has had their heart broken or even just bruised, has learned that there is a finality in the facts.”

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9. “Love does not die. It lives.”

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10. “There is so much beauty here, and yet it’s hardly even acknowledged.”

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11. “He left. And I’ve realized that when someone wants to leave, you let him go.”

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12. “The definition of a true friend is not someone who swoops in when you’re going through a rough patch. True friendship is when someone can appreciate your happiness – celebrate your happiness, even when she’s not necessarily happy herself.”

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13. “Invasive plants were like all evil things; the only way to ensure that they wouldn’t return was to face them head-on, battle it out, and win. Anything else was only a temporary fix. I sighed, thinking of my own life. I was letting the weeds grow all over me. They were threatening my happiness and, in some ways, my life. So why couldn’t I face them?”

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14. “Amour vit en avant.” Love lives on.”

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15. “You know, things fall apart. You grieve. And then you sit around and wait for things to somehow get perfect again. But they don’t. They never can. There is no perfect. There’s just different. But different can be wonderful.”

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16. “All I hear is my own grating thoughts. Is there anything more horrid than being trapped inside yourself with nothing but your own insecurities.”

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17. “A home is a refuge from the world, a place of safety.”

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18. “No matter the state of the world, or how dark the shadow that has fallen on our city, I find it curiously comforting to know that if you plant a seed and give it sunlight and water, it will grow.”

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19. “The old woman paid no attention to the camellia until that morning, when a fleck of pink caught her eye. The single saucer-size blossom was more magnificent than she could ever have imagined. More beautiful than any rose she’d ever seen, it swayed in the morning breeze with such an air of royalty, the old woman felt the urge to curtsey in its presence.”

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20. “Love is always the best choice.”

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21. “I’ve come to realize that you can fight a lot of things in life, but you can’t help who you love. You can’t change who your heart chooses. I’m afraid that very fact will be the greatest tragedy of my life.”

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22. “Tulips are the only flowers that continue to grow, up to an inch or more, after they’re cut.”

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23. “It’s hard to put into words. It’s as much a feeling as it is the way your stomach flutters when you think of him. It’s the feeling of being reached and reaching someone. It’s the feeling of being sen by someone for who you really are and being adored for it. That, for me, is connection.”

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24. “What is childhood without stories? And how will children fall in love with stories without bookstores? You can’t get that from a computer.”

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25. “Ella isn’t like other little girls. She’s inquisitive and curious, with a heart that senses others’ emotions with the precision of Doppler radar. She drops coins from her piggy bank into the outstretched hands of the homeless in Times Square, frets over the plight of hurt animals on the roadside, and two Christmases ago, organized a coat drive at her school when she saw a little boy shivering on the playground.”

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26. “The truth of the matter is that we always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”

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27. “Your heart never forgets your mother.”

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28. “I could smell garlic, butter, and wine – the world’s most delicious flavor combination. It made me feel warm, like the first few sips of wine always do.”

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29. “Past their normal blooming season, the trees had shed many of their blossoms, but the ones that remained were vibrant and showy, like the finale of a fireworks show. Up close, the trees did not disappoint. I stared up in awe at a yellow blossom, touching its petals lightly and breathing in the balmy, lemony scent.”

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30. “People are much like those stars up there. Some burn faintly for millions of years, barely visible to us on earth. They’re there, but you’d hardly know it. They blend in, like a speck on a canvas. But others blaze with such intensity, they light up the sky. You can’t help but notice them, marvel at them. Those are the ones that never last long. They can’t. They use up all their energy quickly.”

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31. “What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common sense.”

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32. “I turned away. I couldn’t hold his gaze for fear that my eyes would project the hurt, the pain I kept buried inside.”

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33. “Nerver underestimate the power of flowers to reach someone’s soul.”

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34. “Sometimes you just have to take chances, especially when it makes you happy.”

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35. “My mom used to say that for every year you loved someone, it takes a month to recover.”

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36. “Bainbridge Island could never hide its glory, even under the cover of darkness. I watched from the window as the ferry loomed into Eagle Harbor, passing the island’s pebble-covered shores and shake-shingled homes that clung courageously to the hillside. Glowing orange interiors beckoned, as if the people inside were making one extra place as they gathered around fireplaces to sip wine or hot cocoa.”

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37. “There is something oddly therapeutic about trudging through marshy sand, the feeling of squishiness below the feet signaling to the brain that it’s OK to just let go for a while.”

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38. “So much for perfect love. Because you can blink your eyes and it can vanish, without explanation, leaving you with only your memories and your tears.”

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39. “I am lonely here sometimes. I’m like the gate, swinging in the breeze when I long for someone to just secure the latch and stop me from flailing about.”

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40. “We want the kind of love that sells movie tickets.”

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41. “She feels as if her heart may burst.”

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42. “It’s just old black-and-whites,′ she had said, flicking her wrist in the way one might dismiss a pile of junk mail. ‘Relatives nobody remembers.’ ‘No,’ I said, running to the box. ‘Don’t throw them out. I’ll keep them.’ I may not have known the names of the majority of the ancestors pictured inside, but it felt like a betrayal to send their memories to the landfill. I couldn’t bear the thought.”

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43. “I sighed, looking down at the book in my hands. The Years. I rested my elbow against the arm of the couch and cracked the spine. It had the feel of a book that hadn’t been touched in decades, creaking, as if to say ahhh.”

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44. “The city loves you when you’re flying high and kicks you when you’re down.”

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45. “I was making scrambled eggs smothered in Tabasco, his favorite, when he told me about Stephanie. The way she made him laugh. The way she understood him. The way they connected. I pictured the image of two Lego pieces fusing together, and I shuddered. It’s funny; when I think back to that morning, I can actually smell burned eggs and Tabasco. Had I known that this is what the end of my marriage would smell like, I would have made pancakes.”

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46. “You can never play a part in life, especially not in love.”

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47. “Love, she thinks, is not meant for her.”

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48. “Penny was so beautiful. She didn’t need makeup or a fancy hairstyle; she had a natural sort of beauty. But it was her kindness that I remember most.”

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49. “I think back to that night, and I write exactly what happened. How James made me laugh until my sides hurt. How we stayed out until two talking at a greasy spoon diner. How I came to realize that some of life’s most beautiful things grow out of the darkest moments.”

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50. “I had come to love the space, and I could see why Lady Anna had too. The orchids were positively glorious. She’d tagged each flower with its proper botanical name, but I favored the pet names she’d given each bloom. For instance, a stunning pink ‘Cattleya’ was named “Lady Catalina.” And a yellow ‘Oncidium,’ which to me looked like a flock of ladies in fluffy party dresses, was called “Lady Aralia of the Bayou.”

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