Sarah Dessen Quotes
A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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The ADA is the living testament to our Nation's commitment that we will always stand up for our neighbors' right to live fulfilling lives.
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Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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I've played a ghost, cat, snake. I've been funny, sad. I've been filmed flying on screen. So why not spend time on something else? I don't need to accept everything I'm offered.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.
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We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
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Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.
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Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which is distinct from things, is a delusion.
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All the praise I received couldn't substitute for the praise I had never received from my mother at home. I longed for some wonderful man to come and save me from my life - but there didn't seem to be any, at least not for me.
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People saw more magic in me than I saw.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.
