Sarah Dessen Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
-
Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
-
My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
-
I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
-
Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
-
America has much greatness left in her.
-
I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
-
I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
-
If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
-
Medicine may be the lens through which I see the world, but since I think of medicine as 'life +', a place where life is exaggerated and seen at its most vital and poignant, I'll be writing about life more than I will be writing about medicine.
-
Rome is a city I love very much. I have lived there since I was a child.
-
I was already in a band, and the teachers called my mum in and said: 'Abbey's so clever, it's a total waste if she follows her dream'. But I never wanted to do a job I didn't love, and I'd always wanted to be a model or an actress or a singer.
-
It will be exciting to have my child share my career and to remember what I was like when I was young.
-
America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.
-
When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.
-
I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.
-
I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.
-
In Russia, we eat a lot of heavy food like potatoes and lots of meat. I can't eat one apple or a salad a day. You wouldn't want to come talk to me if I don't eat. I have to eat, or I am in a really bad mood.
-
Once we recognize our need for Jesus, then the building of our faith begins. It is a daily, moment-by-moment life of absolute dependence upon Him for everything
-
If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
-
Not only must we follow the golden thread towards spiritual freedom, but we must also unravel the garden-variety twine that is wrapped tightly around our hearts and minds.
-
For John was running, and this was terrible. Because if you ran, time ran. You yelled and screamed and raced and rolled and tumbled and all of a sudden the sun was gone and the whistle was blowing and you were on your long way home to supper. When you weren't looking, the sun got around behind you! The only way to keep things slow was to watch everything and do nothing! You could stretch a day to three days, sure, just by watching!
-
Lifestyle is an terrible, unpleasant put to not have a very finest buddy.
