--- title: "5 Dave Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "5 Dave quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Dave sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/sarah-dessen-110_clarifying_pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clari_908246.png" --- > [Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clarifying-you-can-do-it-dave/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/sarah-dessen-110_clarifying_pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clari_908246.png) > [I walked over, my eyes scanning Luna Blu, my house, and Dave's. But it was the building behind them, that empty hotel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-walked-over-my-eyes-scanning-luna-blu-my-house-and-dave-s-but-it/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/063/sarah-dessen-110_behinds_i-walked-over-my-eyes-scanning-luna-blu_945159.jpg) > [Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/sorry-dave-s-friend-yelled-when-he-saw-me-that-was-my-but-i-wasn-t/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/sarah-dessen-110_balls_sorry-dave-s-friend-yelled-when-he-saw-m_1401169.jpg) > [Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. "Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-called-okay-look-deb-s-face-was/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/sarah-dessen-110_being-honest_fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-call_1591234.png) > [You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it. "I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?" "It's street ball!" He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-ready-to-play-dave-asked-bouncing-it-i-don-t-know-i-said-are-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/sarah-dessen-110_balls_you-ready-to-play-dave-asked-bouncing-it_2765191.png) ## 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/dave/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "5 Dave Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Pretend to be a delinquent?\" I asked clarifying. \"You can do it,\" Dave advised me. \"Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clarifying-you-can-do-it-dave/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/sarah-dessen-110_clarifying_pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clari_908246.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/sarah-dessen-110_clarifying_pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clari_908246.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/sarah-dessen-110_clarifying_pretend-to-be-a-delinquent-i-asked-clari_908246.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pretend to be a delinquent?\" I asked clarifying. \"You can do it,\" Dave advised me. \"Just don't smile, and…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I walked over, my eyes scanning Luna Blu, my house, and Dave's. 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