Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Life's too short to worry about the little things. Enjoy what you have today, not what you might get tomorrow — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Fall in love with someone who truly deserves your heart. Not with someone who plays with it. — 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
“what you have to decide, is how you want your life to be. if your forever was ending tomorrow, would this b… — 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
Maybe marriage, like life, is'nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things—like… — 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
“You can’t measure love by time put in, but the weight of those moments. Some in life are light, like a touch.… — 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
Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her… — 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
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
“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
“My father’s new life was progressing as planned, one neat step at a time. And I felt it, again, that same feeling… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“For as long as I’d been dating, I’d had a mental flow chart, a schedule, of how things usually went. Relationships always… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable,walking through this life half-sleeping,everything at arm's length or farther away. I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life was very short, literally. But now that I’m better, it seems so long I have to squint to see even the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Yes,' he said, 'a list. That way, I figure, we'll have a written record of what we've agreed upon as our goals… — 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
But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon will come back. You need proof. And while… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I didn't pretend to know Eli at all, but even so, I'd noticed that his manner was slightly hard to read. It… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
At the same time, though, I was beginning to wonder if this was just how it was supposed to be for me,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging. 'It all depends… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“A wedding is a series of special moments, strung together like beads on a chain. Sure, by themselves, they are lovely, but… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“there were no such things as absolutes, not in life or in people. it was day by day, if not moment by… — sarah dessen Copy Share Image
“Having no expectations for some people in your life can be depressing, if not devastating. But with others, it’s what is necessary.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It [I'm leaving] wasn't really necessary to say, especially if you were already walking away. Almost redundant. And yet, there was a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“We make such messes in this life, both accidently and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I find that the more I depend on real life, the less interesting the story is. It's much more common for me… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“So much hanging on just these things, tiny increments that together build a life. Like words build a story, and what had… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life isn't only about the big moments whether they be good or bad. Maybe it’s about the small things that stretch out… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“For me, however, it was a mix of the two, this constant push and pull. I loved it here. But I'd been… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“The thing about negotiations, not to mention the manipulation, is you can't go too far in any direction. Refusing once is good,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It was rare for things to be perfect and organized anyway, even with your best efforts. Embrace the messy and when things… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Well, here we are," Ethan said. "The end of the world." I smiled, turning slightly to take in the full view. "It's… — 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
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