I wasn't sure what I expected her to do or say to this. It was all new to me from that second… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
He was looking at me, jsut as I'd thought he would be, but like Bert's, his light was not what I expected.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, "sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list." "Such as?"… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Well, here we are," Ethan said. "The end of the world." I smiled, turning slightly to take in the full view. "It's… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay, so if that's not real, what is? What counts, to you?" He thought for a second, then said, "I don't know.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he… — 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
