Sarah Dessen Quotes
Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.
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My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
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People my age, we would hear from our parents and grandparents who were raised in Detroit about how great this city was from 1900 to the '60s.
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I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.
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Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.
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At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit.
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Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.
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'When God calls a man or woman, what they will eat, what they will use and everything they need for their journey will be provided abundantly by God.'
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When I need to wipe my face, I use the back of my hand,And I like to take up space just because I can,And I use my dress to wipe up my drink.I care less and less what people think.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I'm like, 'I'm going to get in trouble.'
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Science has adapted itself entirely to the wealthy classes and accordingly has set itself to heal those who can afford everything, and it prescribes the same methods for those who have nothing to spare.
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Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.
