Sarah Dessen Quotes
"I thought this was a cookout. You know, dogs and burgers, Tater Tots, ambrosia salad" Dexter picked up a box of Twinkies, tossing them into the cart. "And Twinkies." "It is... Except that it's a cookout thrown by my mother." "And?" "And my mother doesn't cook." He looked at me waiting. "At all. My mother doesn't cook at all." "She must cook sometimes." "Nope." "Everyone can make scrambled eggs, Remy. It's programmed into you at birth, the default setting. Like being able to swim and knowing not to mix pickles with oatmeal. You just KNOW."
Quotes to Explore
-
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
-
Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
-
I do Pilates, and hike with my dog.
-
Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.
-
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.
-
I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
-
Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable.
-
Sometimes sushi is just superb, and other times there's nothing like a great big steak. It depends where your taste buds are at the time.
-
When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
-
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
-
My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.
-
But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.
-
My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.
-
My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.
-
In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
-
I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.
-
The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.
-
The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.
-
I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.
-
I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
-
I was more secure being a mother than I was walking on a set.
-
Real emotion transcends language. You dont have to understand their words to feel their pain.
-
"I thought this was a cookout. You know, dogs and burgers, Tater Tots, ambrosia salad" Dexter picked up a box of Twinkies, tossing them into the cart. "And Twinkies." "It is... Except that it's a cookout thrown by my mother." "And?" "And my mother doesn't cook." He looked at me waiting. "At all. My mother doesn't cook at all." "She must cook sometimes." "Nope." "Everyone can make scrambled eggs, Remy. It's programmed into you at birth, the default setting. Like being able to swim and knowing not to mix pickles with oatmeal. You just KNOW."
