Sarah Dessen Quotes
Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.
Quotes to Explore
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
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I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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This man who was my father's age hit me hard on my head when I was 17. I started bleeding. I took out my sandal and hit his head hard, and he started to bleed, too.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes where we know everything that's going to happen. There's an outline of about seven or eight pages, and then we improvise it.
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I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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I have three young kids and a great family. I love hanging out with them more than anything.
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The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.
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China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.
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As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.
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The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
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My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.
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I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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Such bickerings to recount, met often in these our writers, what more worth is it than to chronicle the wars of kites or crows flocking and fighting in the air?
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I was pre-med at Glasgow University. I was from a family who were of the mind that if you were clever enough to be a doctor or a lawyer, why wouldn't you be?
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A photograph is not an accident - is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
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One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.
