Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you...make your choices… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life is full of screwups," he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Obviously it won't all run smoothly. But it's important to awknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“This could be a big mistake... but it was already happening. I was not a girl with all the information, but I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns."… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Here was a boy who liked flaws, who saw them not as failings but as strengths. Who knew such a person could… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative...not even trying...life's short.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I don’t believe in failure,” she was saying in that confident, breezy way. “Because simply by saying you’ve failed, you’ve admitted you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“What was it like to be so confident even in your failings that you weren't the least bit bothered when other people… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that.… — 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
