Sarah Dessen Quotes
It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that order. The making good and striking out part I liked. The rest would just be bonus.
Quotes to Explore
-
I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
-
So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good.
-
I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.
-
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
-
But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.
-
I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
-
Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.
-
You teach your kids about your beliefs and tell them what you think is right and the conclusions that you've come to from living in the world, and then they can make their own decisions.
-
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
-
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
-
Many of the alarmists on global warming, they've got a problem because the science doesn't back them up.
-
One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.
-
We did some cool wire work in 'The Pact' - they had me strapped to a harness underneath my shirt so they could fling me around the house and slam me into doors. I definitely got some bruises even with all the padding!
-
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
-
When I come home, I'm just Maisie, and everywhere I go, I'm just Maisie!
-
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
-
Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them.
-
As we saw in the Queen's Speech, anti-social behaviour - a phenomenon that I believe to be a genuine worry that is also being fed by a lot of scare stories - is the political theme of the moment.
-
But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.
-
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
-
Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.
-
They can call or e-mail, too, but I'd rather see the bug.
-
It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that order. The making good and striking out part I liked. The rest would just be bonus.
