--- title: "6 Beginning Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "6 Beginning quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Beginning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/sarah-dessen-110_abusive_just-start-somewhere-dr-marshall-had-sai_188292.png" --- > [“Just start somewhere," Dr. Marshall had said to me as I ground a banana-pineapple one to bits between my teeth. "It doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/just-start-somewhere-dr-marshall-had-said-to-me-as-i-ground-a-banana/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/sarah-dessen-110_abusive_just-start-somewhere-dr-marshall-had-sai_188292.png) > [“In a perfect wedding- or world- you wanted the best possible beginning. Start in a high note and, no matter what song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/in-a-perfect-wedding-or-world-you-wanted-the-best-possible-beginning/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_in-a-perfect-wedding-or-world-you-wanted_354940.png) > [“But really, in a perfect wedding-or world-you wanted the best possible beginning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-really-in-a-perfect-wedding-or-world-you-wanted-the-best-possible/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_but-really-in-a-perfect-wedding-or-world_1236093.png) > [Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/like-a-blinking-cursor-on-an-empty-page-it-was-just-the-first-thing/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_like-a-blinking-cursor-on-an-empty-page_1915510.png) > [“Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/like-a-blinking-cursor-on-an-empty-page-it-was-just-the-first-thing-2/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_like-a-blinking-cursor-on-an-empty-page_2147468.png) > [But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-those-words-were-only-the-middle-of-the-story-there-was-a/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_but-those-words-were-only-the-middle-of_2864492.png) ## Other authors on Beginning - [Israelmore Ayivor 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginning/israelmore-ayivor/) - [T. S. 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Lounsbrough 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginning/craig-d-lounsbrough/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-bryant-mcgill-108.jpg) Bryant McGill 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginning/bryant-mcgill/) ## More by Sarah Dessen > [Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/sometimes-a-question-can-hurt-more-than-an-answer/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“if i were a book i would be so open”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/if-i-were-a-book-i-would-be-so-open/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [Harder to get in than out, like so little else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/harder-to-get-in-than-out-like-so-little-else/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/at-times-i-found-myself-questioning-his-very-existence-even-though-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-don-t-have-to-say-it-out-loud-i-already-know-why-you-like-me-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/no-relationship-is-perfect-ever-there-are-always-some-ways-you-have/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/when-you-had-to-do-something-you-had-to-do-it-and-eventually-if-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [the truth about forever is that it is happening right now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-truth-about-forever-is-that-it-is-happening-right-now/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-jammed-my-hand-in-my-jacket-pocket-bracing-myself-fo-the-next-hit/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-had-no-illusions-about-love-anymore-it-came-it-went-it-left/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-maybe-that-isn-t-so-bad-you-can-t-love-anyone-that-way-more-than/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/this-was-just-one-night-one-chance-to-vary-and-see-where-it-took-me/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [call it chicken salad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/call-it-chicken-salad/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/for-me-however-it-was-a-mix-of-the-two-this-constant-push-and-pull-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-think-whenever-a-writer-is-really-enjoying-themselves-and-liking/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginning/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "6 Beginning Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Just start somewhere,\" Dr. Marshall had said to me as I ground a banana-pineapple one to bits between my teeth. \"It doesn't have to be at the beginning.\" She'd pulled her legs up, Indian-style, letting the legal pad she'd been holding drop to the floor. \"I thought everything always had to start at the beginning,\" I said. \"Not in this room,\" she said easily. \"Go ahead, Caitlin. 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