Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Sometimes you dont even want to think aout what people are doing with their groceries. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's always been hard to call myself a writer. I think a part of me still thinks it's too good to be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It wasn’t so much that I was positive. I just wasn’t fully subscribing to such a negative way of thinking anymore. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In my group of friends, I was always the one who remembered everything. The stories, the boys my friends and I dated,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I wasn’t ready to think about the other yet: that it wasn’t that I wasn’t right for Macon, but that maybe he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You know, when you think about it, that’s kind of a weird thing. I mean it’s meant to be sympathetic, right? But… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So," she went on, "it got me thinking about what cost beauty. Or for that matter, what cost anything? Would you trade… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't know," I said. "Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You know, I think I knew you for about three weeks before I ever really saw you smile. And then one day,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I just stood there, looking at her. My head was spinning, my mouth dry, and all I could think about was that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
From what I could see, the hardwood was just fine. Then again, I'd just see a windmill and an open sky, too,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So," he said as we turned onto the main road, the muffler rattling, "I've been thinking." "Yeah?" He nodded. "You really need… — 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
He shook his head. "Some people think that they like music,but they have no idea what it's really about. They're kindding themselves.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay, so if that's not real, what is? What counts, to you?" He thought for a second, then said, "I don't know.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
n the dark everyone felt the same: the edges blurred. When I think of myself then, what I was like two years… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Looking at the pond, all I could think was that it is an incredivle thing, how a whole world can rise from… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be… — 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
