Sarah Dessen Quotes
Morning would come before we knew it. It always did. But we still had the night, and for now, we were together, so I just closed my eyes and drank it all in.
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Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I love theater. I love the idea that you can transform, become somebody else, and look at life with a completely new perspective. I love the idea that people will sit in one room for a couple of hours and listen.
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I do not favor the gag order.
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I have to clean my room and unload the dishwasher, wash the pans, and feed the dogs.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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My parents would always tell you that I was the crazy princess growing up. I was a drama queen.
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I remember trying to be funny, and both of my parents were terribly funny. My father was also very dignified, but my mother was an absolute ding-a-ling, a ripper.
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I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
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Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.
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When the Stranger says: 'What is the meaning of this city ? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?' What will you answer? 'We all dwell together To make money from each other'? or 'This is a community'?
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I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people.
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I went to my father's at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswell's brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, "He's your son, and God made him." He answered very harshly, "If my sons are idiots, can I help it?
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I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the reader, from beginning to end. Second, the story has to weave through larger themes that can illuminate the world of the subject.
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A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.
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Morning would come before we knew it. It always did. But we still had the night, and for now, we were together, so I just closed my eyes and drank it all in.
