Sarah Dessen Quotes
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That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.
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There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.
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…It’s not just where you go, but how you choose to get there.
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Some things you don't have to tell. Some things, between sisters, are understood.
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The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.
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So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge.
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It's not always so simple, Haven. Sometimes there isn't a good guy and a bad guy. Sometimes even the ones you want to believe turn out to be liars.
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Just me and the future, finally together. Now there was a happy ending I could believe in.
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Everyone had a forever.
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I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?
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The lizard stared up at us, and we stared back, taking each other in. He was little and defenseless, I felt sorry for him already. This was a screwed-up place he'd just come into. But he didn't have to know that. Not yet, anyway. There in that room, where it was hot and cramped, the world probably still seemed small enough to manage.
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Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger and stress of the last few minutes and days put it behind the ball, throwing it overhead at the basket as hard as i could. It went flying, hitting the backboard and banging through the netless hoop at full speed before shooting back out and nailing Dave Wade squarely on the forehead. And just like that, he was down.
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What," I said, "is that a crime here or something? Like only buying one thing at the Gas/Gro?
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Events conspired to bring you back to where you'd been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential.
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Because maybe, the best of times were yet to come. You never knew.
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I planned my whole future around Adam," she said now, quietly. "And now I have nothing." "No," I told her, "now you just don't have Adam. There's a big difference, Lissa. You just can't see it yet.
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Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.
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Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay?
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You want me to give her a key?" the guy asked. "I want you to give her a possibility," she told him, looking at my necklace again. "And that's what a key represents. An open door, a chance. You know?
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She was so emotional, on the verge of tears. This was what I'd wanted to prevent with all those quick disappearances, the tangledness of farewells and all the baggage they brought with them. But now, looking at Deb, I realized what else I'd given up: knowing for sure that someone was going to miss me. What happened to goodbye, Michael in Westcott had written on my Ume.com page. I was pretty sure I knew, now. It had been packed away in a box of its own, trying to be forgotten, until I really needed it. Until now.
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Don't think or judge, just listen.
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You knew the truth all along, Colie. That's all matters. You knew.
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Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.
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I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.