--- title: "6 Details Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "6 Details quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Details sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/sarah-dessen-110_comment_i-hadn-t-said-goodbye-it-had-been-easier_1222204.jpg" --- > [I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell. Now,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-hadn-t-said-goodbye-it-had-been-easier-like-always-to-just/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/sarah-dessen-110_comment_i-hadn-t-said-goodbye-it-had-been-easier_1222204.jpg) > [I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-m-sorry-i-heard-him-say-again-then-out-of-the-corner-of-my-eye-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/sarah-dessen-110_aspect_i-m-sorry-i-heard-him-say-again-then-out_2485436.jpg) > [I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-still-thought-that-everything-i-thought-about-that-night-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/sarah-dessen-110_dark_i-d-still-thought-that-everything-i-thou_2520193.jpg) > [In my group of friends, I was always the one who remembered everything. The stories, the boys my friends and I dated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/in-my-group-of-friends-i-was-always-the-one-who-remembered-everything/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/sarah-dessen-110_boys_in-my-group-of-friends-i-was-always-the_2835455.jpg) > [With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/with-love-like-that-you-can-t-get-pick-about-how-it-finds-you-or-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/sarah-dessen-110_better-late-than-nev_with-love-like-that-you-can-t-get-pick-a_2994098.png) > [It’s never something huge that changes the everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-s-never-something-huge-that-changes-the-everything-but-instead-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/sarah-dessen-110_balance_it-s-never-something-huge-that-changes-t_3062151.png) ## Other authors on Details ## 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/details/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "6 Details Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell. 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