--- title: "7 Bike Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "7 Bike quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Bike sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/sarah-dessen-110_being-a-girl_maybe-it-was-true-and-being-a-girl-could_172230.png" --- > [Maybe it was true, and being a girl could be about interest rates and skinny jeans, riding bikes and wearing pink. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/maybe-it-was-true-and-being-a-girl-could-be-about-interest-rates-and/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/sarah-dessen-110_being-a-girl_maybe-it-was-true-and-being-a-girl-could_172230.png) > [I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-don-t-know-i-said-what-else-did-you-do-for-your-first-eighteen/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/sarah-dessen-110_along-for-the-ride_i-don-t-know-i-said-what-else-did-you-do_248245.png) > [The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-bottom-line-is-what-defines-you-isn-t-how-many-times-you-crash/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/sarah-dessen-110_bike_the-bottom-line-is-what-defines-you-isn_1159455.png) > [Get back on that bike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/get-back-on-that-bike/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/sarah-dessen-110_bike_get-back-on-that-bike-1518934_1518934.png) > [I'd learn that it's not just where you go, but how you choose to get there. So I pulled that sign off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-learn-that-it-s-not-just-where-you-go-but-how-you-choose-to-get/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/sarah-dessen-110_bike_i-d-learn-that-it-s-not-just-where-you-g_1576203.png) > [Nah," I said. "But if it does, just tell him I said to get back on the bike." "What?" "He'll understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/nah-i-said-but-if-it-does-just-tell-him-i-said-to-get-back-on-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/sarah-dessen-110_bike_nah-i-said-but-if-it-does-just-tell-him_3077086.png) > [Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up pageants instead of riding jump bikes with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/maybe-if-i-d-agreed-to-do-the-debutante-thing-like-she-wanted-or/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/sarah-dessen-110_bike_maybe-if-i-d-agreed-to-do-the-debutante_3110522.jpg) ## Other authors on Bike ## 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/bike/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "7 Bike Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe it was true, and being a girl could be about interest rates and skinny jeans, riding bikes and wearing pink. 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