--- title: "9 Empty Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "9 Empty quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Empty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_like-a-blinking-cursor-on-an-empty-page_1915510.png" --- > [Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/like-a-blinking-cursor-on-an-empty-page-it-was-just-the-first-thing/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_like-a-blinking-cursor-on-an-empty-page_1915510.png) > [An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/an-empty-frame-in-which-the-picture-is-always-changing-makes-a/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/sarah-dessen-110_empty_an-empty-frame-in-which-the-picture-is-a_2145539.png) > [I sat up, sliding them off, and the quiet around me did not, for once, seem empty and vast. Instead, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-sat-up-sliding-them-off-and-the-quiet-around-me-did-not-for-once/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5e/sarah-dessen-110_empty_i-sat-up-sliding-them-off-and-the-quiet_62081.png) > [I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-took-his-wildness-from-him-and-tried-to-fold-it-into-myself-filling/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/sarah-dessen-110_behinds_i-took-his-wildness-from-him-and-tried-t_2984092.png) > [There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/there-s-just-something-obvious-about-emptiness-even-when-you-try-to/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/sarah-dessen-110_convince_there-s-just-something-obvious-about-emp_2425522.png) > [From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/from-this-distance-in-the-dimness-the-model-looked-surreal-made-up-of/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/sarah-dessen-110_building_from-this-distance-in-the-dimness-the-mo_390831.png) > [I am the middle sister. The one in between. Not oldest, not youngest, not boldest, not nicest. I am the shade of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-am-the-middle-sister-the-one-in-between-not-oldest-not-youngest-not/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/sarah-dessen-110_broken_i-am-the-middle-sister-the-one-in-betwee_1229230.png) > [The silence wasn't like the ones I'd known lately, though: it wasn't empty as much as chosen. There's a entirely different feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-silence-wasn-t-like-the-ones-i-d-known-lately-though-it-wasn-t/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/sarah-dessen-110_broken_the-silence-wasn-t-like-the-ones-i-d-kno_1754307.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) ## Other authors on Empty ## 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/empty/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "9 Empty Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. 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