It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Like life isn't complicated enough. You should at least be able to follow the signs. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life is short Macy, Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Family,”_ _ _“They’re the people in your life you don’t get to pick. The ones that are given to you, as opposed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was like that part of my life, was just gone. It was almost too easy, for something I once thought had… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all:… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn’t be about the either/or.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Then, a life was ending. Here, one was about to begin. I didn't believe in signs. But it was hard to ignore… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But even more so, it reminded me that this was all really happening. Stanford. The end of the summer. The beginning of… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Behind the camera, I was invisible. When I lifted it up to my eye it was like I crawled into the lens,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'd seen another shade of him, and if it had been light where we were now, he'd have seen the same of… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Once, this had been the life I’d wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn’t believe that there had been a time when… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“On my way to the living room, where my family was gathered, I stopped to look at the photo in the foyer.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Family," she announced. "They're the people in your life you don't get to pick. The ones that are given to you,as opposed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“She shook her head. 'Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
We'd start slow, the way we always did, because the run, and the game, could go on for a while. Maybe even… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
closed my eyes and listened. It was like music I'd heard all my life, even more than "This Lullaby." All those keystrokes,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Once this had been the life I'd wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn't believe that there had been a time when… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life can be long or short, it all depends on how you choose to live it. it's like forever, always changing. for… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Her life was perfect. But as was often the case, the rest of us were still adjusting. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Now we were both in motion again, moving ahead. So what if there were questions left unanswered. Life went on. We knew… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“No word has one specific definition.Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life" -Ms.Conyers of Sarah Dessen's Lock and Key” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life is long. Just because you don’t get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn’t mean it won’t come.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
As if at the age of eighteen life already sucked beyond any hope of improvement. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Of course it hurts", she grumbled, tipping my head further back. "Life sucks. Get over it — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know? — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It's both, it all depends on how you choose to live it. Forever is always changing.' [About if life is short or… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“At times, I found myself questioning his very existence, even though I knew I had, in fact, spotted him, with my own eyes.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his arms around… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
“But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
“For me, however, it was a mix of the two, this constant push and pull. I loved it here. But I'd been in that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share