Sarah Dessen Quotes
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
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Hope is not a matter of age.
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I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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I'm not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I'm such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.
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The Junction Point journey is over. To all those who've asked, or want to ask, I'm sad but excited for the future.
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Touring is really a pretty lonely business.
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Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
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When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as I did. But after learning a few songs of other people's to play on the guitar, I got bored with that and just started writing songs on my own, and that's kinda how it came about.
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I love Memphis, I guess you could say, in the way that you love a brother even if he does sometimes puzzle and sadden and frustrate you. Say what you want about it, it's an authentic place. I was born and raised in Memphis, and no matter where I go, Memphis belongs to me, and I to it.
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When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.
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Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a Mayfair salon, which is much more satisfying, not to mention cheap.
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Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.
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And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.
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We equate beauty for women with youth, and that's sad. It's a shame it's so hard for so many of us to appreciate the beauty of an older woman and to accept it in ourselves.
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Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.
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Another foundational truth is that God has a plan for history. History is providential, not accidental.
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Only those with no memory insist on their originality.
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ISS leak is just like on a ship, there are bulkheads that, if there's an emergency, can separate an area that's no longer airtight from the undamaged portion of the station. The former Russian space station Mir actually did once develop a leak, after colliding with an unmanned cargo ship. Everyone survived.
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I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.
