Sarah Dessen Quotes
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There was only so much space between us, not even a real distance if measured in miles or feet or even inches, all the things that told you how far you'd come or had left to go. But it was a big space, if only for me. And as I moved forward to him covering it, he waited there on the other side. It was only the last little bit I has to go, but in the end, I knew it would be all I would truly remember. So as I kissed him, bringing this summer and everything else full circle, I let myself fall, and was not scared of the ground I knew would rise up to meet me.
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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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If you were dead," Owen told her, "you'd have bigger problems than what you were wearing.
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The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.
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What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed there, regardless.
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Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.
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We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food like that. Finally, I said, "Norman?" "Yeah?" "Are you ever going to show me the painting?" "Man," he said. "You are, like, so impatient." "I am not," I said. "I've been waiting forever." "Okay, okay." He stood up and went over to the corner, picking up the painting and bringing it over to rest against the bright pink belly of one of the mannequins. Then, he handed me a bandana. "Tie that on.
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And so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping by force.” She sighed, then reached up, dropping her sunglasses down from their perch on her head to cover her eyes. “Do you even realize how happy the average teenage girl would be in your shoes? I have a credit card. We’re at the mall. I want to buy you things. It’s like adolescent nirvana.” - Cora
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And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.
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This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.
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You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try
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Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did.
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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.
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At every wedding someone stays home.
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I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Because now, I didn't care what they thought. It wasn't new, this realization that I would never be like them. What was different now was that I was glad. Macy page 199
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There was nothing, nothing to depend on. And why was I surprised?
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But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.
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Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.
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People get mad Annabel. Its not the end of the world.
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He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back.
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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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But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon will come back. You need proof. And while you wait, you feel the entire balance of your world just tipping. It's crazy. But when it's over, and it does come back, that's the best, because it's all you want, everything narrows to just that. It's this great rush, like for that one second everything's okay with the world again. It's amazing.
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I just thought to my self, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together.