Sarah Dessen Quotes
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I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.
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I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.
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It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.
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And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arm's length whenever possible.
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An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn't really stop, even in a single image. I t just feels that way.
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I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on. Maybe it had seen places you never had, been rerouted and passed through so many strange hands, but still somehow found its way back to you, all before the day even began.
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Conciseness is underrated
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I had stepped into his arms, showing him my raw, broken heart.
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Harder to get in than out, like so little else.
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Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best or just expect the worst.
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There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself.
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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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Please. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.
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If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.
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Say what you will, but you’re never prepared for the surprise attack.
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Everything looks different when you're older, not staring up at the world but down upon it.
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This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They don’t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually finishing them, or talk over you, allowing what you do manage to get out to be lost or altered in transit. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going.
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After everything that happened, how could I miss him? But I did, I did.
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It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.
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No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood. If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right.
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Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.
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Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent.
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Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie
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If you were dead," Owen told her, "you'd have bigger problems than what you were wearing.