Sarah Dessen Quotes
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I always have a goal, even if I keep it to myself. It allows me to keep pushing myself.
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All of my stories, they don't come from my high school experience, but they're definitely based on things that happened to me in high school, or things that happened to friends of mine, or things that I wish had happened to me.
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I've seen what commitment leads to. Going in is the easy part. It's the ending that sucks! -Remy
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Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.
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The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you might not see.
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We didn't talk about our scars, the ones you could see and the ones you couldn't.
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I have boobs!" Chloe said again, a bit too loudly— she'd already had a couple of mini bottles at the Spot. "My boobs are great, goddammit. You know that? They're fantastic! My boobs are amazing.
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It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.
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Very quietly, I heard a voice in my ear.It said, in a weird, cheesy, right-out-of-one-of-my-mother's-novels way, "Ah. Wemeet again." I turned my head, just slightly, and right there, practically on top of me, was theguy from the car dealership. He was wearing a red Mountain Fresh Detergent T-shirt - not just fresh: mountain fresh! - it proclaimed, and was smiling at me. "Oh,God," I said. "No, it's Dexter.
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Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie
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It's never long distance between friends.
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But when you're alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to be open to suggestions.
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I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.
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I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.
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Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.
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You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.
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but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.
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I turned and looked into the gas station, where Wes was now paying, as the man who'd driven us looked on. "That's too bad," I said. "It's okay, though," she assured me. "Someday I'll show you an extraordinary boy, Macy. They do exist. You just have to believe me." "Don't worry," I said. "I do.
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Conciseness is underrated
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I'd been running for years: there was nothing scarier, to me, than to just be still with someone. And yet, there on that dark road, going home, I was.
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But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
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I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. "You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening up to someone." Yeah," he said adding some cheese straws to the cart, "but risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't." I picked up a box of cheese straws, examining it. "Yeah," I said. "But it's not all about chance, either.
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Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.
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I hated high school. I was not the greatest student, participated in no activities, and spent most of my time hanging out in my parking lot.