Time Quotes by Sarah Dessen

The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often.

— Sarah Dessen

Just me and the future, finally together. Now there was a happy ending I could believe in.

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“Family "Even though you're stuck with them, at the same time they're also stuck with you.”

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Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

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“You can't measure love by time put in, but the weight of those moments.”

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It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will.

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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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Because maybe, the best of times were yet to come. You never knew.

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I knew that it wouldn’t last. It was just a moment, a perfect moment, as time stood still and fleetingly everything fell…

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That was the thing about being on the inside: the world was just going on, even when it seemed like time for…

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“Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you…

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“At times, I found myself questioning his very existence, even though I knew I had, in fact, spotted him, with my own…

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In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at…

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You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.

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I thought of all the times we'd been together, how I kept coming closer, then retreating, while he stayed right where he…

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I was heading off to my new world. But I was taking a part of my past, and the future, along with…

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In my group of friends, I was always the one who remembered everything. The stories, the boys my friends and I dated,…

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“One week, one strong. One scared, one bold. I was beginning to understand though, that there were no such things as absolutes,…

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“There were so many places in my time with Rogerson that I wished I could go back to, hitting the stop button…

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“For whatever reason - time, circumstance, distance- he wasn't able to give it to me himself. But he did give me Benji,…

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“a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has…

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This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe…

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“It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be…

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The silence wasn't like the ones I'd known lately, though: it wasn't empty as much as chosen. There's a entirely different feel…

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“I knew it then. For me and her, there wasn’t any time left to think back to that summer and the beach…

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I don't know," I said. "Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even…

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“I was only then, when I knew I was alone, at least for the moment, that I reached under my gown into…

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“I stood there for a moment, studying each of us, taking in Kirstens's smile, Whitney's haunting gaze, the way my mother cocked…

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You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your…

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“Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began in this moment, with Wes, in…

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“I know there were no guaratnees. No way of knowing what came next for me, or him, or anything. Some things dont…

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“She leaned back against the step, smoothing her hands over her stomach. Though she wasn't showing yet, just in the last week…

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“Mom." I couldn't believe she was doing this again. She was taking this moment, this time when I was strongest, away from…

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“When you first get down there, just let her talk,” Caroline said. She’d been unlucky enough to stop in that morning en…

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“For me, family means the silent treatment. At any given moment, someone is always not speaking to someone else.' Really,' I said.…

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“God! You'll do anything to avoid it.' Avoid what?' my mother said. The past,' Caroline said. 'Our past. I'm tired of acting…

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“Once this had been the life I'd wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn't believe that there had been a time when…

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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…

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“He glanced over at me. 'Scared? Of Reggie? What, she thinks he might force her to give up caffeine for real or…

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“Isn't it weird," I said, "the way you remember things, when someone's gone?" What do you mean?" I ate another piece of…

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