Everything hurt. I closed my eyes, pressing my cheek to the street, and waited. What for, I didn't know. To be rescued.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Just because we don’t see eye to eye on everything doesn’t mean we can’t be close. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
closed my eyes and listened. It was like music I'd heard all my life, even more than "This Lullaby." All those keystrokes,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
We all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways:… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Behind the camera, I was invisible. When I lifted it up to my eye it was like I crawled into the lens,… — 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 walked over, my eyes scanning Luna Blu, my house, and Dave's. But it was the building behind them, that empty hotel,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
And so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping by force.” She sighed, then reached up, dropping… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
That was the thing: Once, the difference between light and dark had been basic. One was good, one bad. Suddenly, though, things… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
See," he began, leaning back into the booth, "I was at this car dealership today, and I saw this girl. It was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I listened for the voice I knew so well, the one I always heard at the beginning. Good girl, Macy! You're doing… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
He just stood there, looking at me, as if I had actually changed before his eyes. But this was the girl I'd… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay. Enough." I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. "This is happening. So you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's all about you, Colie." She touched one finger to her temple, tap tap tap. "Believe in yourself up here and it… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Morning would come before we knew it. It always did. But we still had the night, and for now, we were together,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
That's what this has been all about for you, correct? Make it clear. That you and me--it was nothing more that you'll… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
This thought was interrupted, suddenly, by a crash from the front entrance. We all looked over just in time to see Adam… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
