The truth was, there was no way everything could be the…

“There's a difference between the words father and dad . And it's more than three words.”

— Sarah Dessen

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

— Sarah Dessen

“Nope.' He sat back. 'Just been there, done that. Done that getting hauled to the police station thing because of it, too.I appreciate your…

— Sarah Dessen

“It was terrible and awful when someone left you. You could move on, do the best you could, but like Eli had said, an…

— Sarah Dessen

“Shit," Delia said. "I mean, shoot. No, actually, I mean shit. I really do.”

— Sarah Dessen

“Incluso ahora que estaba muerto, era un artista de un solo éxito. O dos, supongo, si me cuento a mí.”

— Sarah Dessen

“You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli”

— Sarah Dessen

“All I wanted - all I’d ever wanted - was just to get away. To be somewhere small where I could crowd in and…

— Sarah Dessen

“I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. "Yes," I said after his hello. "Mclean?" he…

— Sarah Dessen

“It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of…

— Sarah Dessen

“We make such messes in this life, both accidently and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any neater. It…

— Sarah Dessen

“I didn't hear the footsteps. Or see the shadow. Instead from where I was crouched on the ground, the green of the grass filling…

— Sarah Dessen

“Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. it doesn't just catch up: it overtakes, blotting out the future,…

— Sarah Dessen

“Nobody was all bad, I was learning. Even the worst person had someone who cared about them at some point" - Sydney Stanford”

— Sarah Dessen

“To me, summer has always been about potential. This was especially true when I was in high school. Those 3 or so months between…

— Sarah Dessen