It won't change anything," I replied. "And if I was any…

Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.

— Sarah Dessen

“if i were a book i would be so open”

— Sarah Dessen

Harder to get in than out, like so little else.

— Sarah Dessen

“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

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

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

When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.

— Sarah Dessen

the truth about forever is that it is happening right now

— Sarah Dessen

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

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

“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

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

call it chicken salad

— Sarah Dessen

“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

I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.

— Sarah Dessen