When someone starts to change, and it’s obvious, it's sort of natural to wonder why. Right? — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“We would probably never be the way we had been again, but at least we were all together.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
People don't change. If anything, you get more set in your ways as you get older, not less — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I always wished I could move around and switch schools. It was hard to have these radical transformations. You'd think, 'I will… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“In the last few weeks, I had changed. But in my mind, those changes had been for the better. I was finally… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But wasn't that always the way. It's never something huge that changes everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities. Whenever you made… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“To me, summer has always been about potential. This was especially true when I was in high school. Those 3 or so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
“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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
“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 Copy Share
I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share