Sarah Dessen Quotes
Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.
Quotes to Explore
-
The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
-
Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
-
I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?
-
My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
-
With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.
-
I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
-
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
-
But then I hit my 20s and only made two albums, and now I live in a ski resort as a ski bum basically.
-
Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.
-
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
-
You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'
-
The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.
-
I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.
-
You spend enough time with someone, you're going to have your run-ins.
-
I do get most of the harder-to-get stories.
-
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
-
Appreciate your heart; really know how to take care of your heart.
-
When my agents tell me how much I'm going to be paid for a film, instead of quoting a figure, they'll say: 'You're going to make ten pairs of Christian Louboutins.'
-
I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
-
The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
-
We live in a world that is so quick to lose people's attention, and to move on to the next thing. We live in a YouTube world, so it's hard to build something slow like you did fifteen or twenty years ago. You have to have the kind of show that keeps people interested.
-
You kill me and I'll see that you never work in this town again.
-
I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
-
Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.
