Car Quotes by Sarah Dessen

12 Car quotes by Sarah Dessen

Dessen’s knack for capturing teenage moments shines through in these twelve car‑centric commentaries. They feel like the side‑seat conversations you’d have while heading toward a new chapter.

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It's harder that in looks," I told him when I finally got back in the car. "Most things are,

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Told you. Everything sounds better in the car wash.

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Only a real asshole takes liberties with someone else's car stereo. That's serious.

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You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it…

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Maybe not," she said as we came to the car. "But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way…

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I wasn't ready for this, but then I probably never would be, and this year, like so much else, wouldn't wait. I…

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very quietly, I heard a voice in my ear.It said, in a weird, cheesy, right-out-of-one-of-my-mother’s-novels way, “Ah. Wemeet again.” I turned my…

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There's something nice about the silence of a car ride in the dark, going home. When you were tired of the radio…

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I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I…

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I got back in my car, starting the engine, then drove off. It wasn't until I pulled onto the highway that it…

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Now, now," my father said. "Let's just get the bags." This was typical. My father, the lone male in our estrogen-heavy household,…

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See," he began, leaning back into the booth, "I was at this car dealership today, and I saw this girl. It was…

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