--- title: "6 Fit Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "6 Fit quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Fit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/sarah-dessen-110_fit_it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-p_248599.png" --- > [It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-paper-into-two-no-matter-how/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/sarah-dessen-110_fit_it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-p_248599.png) > [But the original was there as well—more jaded and rudimentary, functional rather than romantic. It fit not just the yellow house but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-the-original-was-there-as-well-more-jaded-and-rudimentary/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/sarah-dessen-110_creativity_but-the-original-was-there-as-well-more_370302.png) > [But in the real world, you couldnt really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-in-the-real-world-you-couldnt-really-just-split-a-family-down-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/sarah-dessen-110_absence_but-in-the-real-world-you-couldnt-really_1005693.png) > [I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-love-ya-and-it-s-been-a-really-good-fit-for-me-but-at-some-point-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/sarah-dessen-110_about_i-love-ya-and-it-s-been-a-really-good-fi_1635109.png) > [As I stepped out to face myself in the mirror, reaching a hand to smooth away the steam, I saw myself differently.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/as-i-stepped-out-to-face-myself-in-the-mirror-reaching-a-hand-to/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/sarah-dessen-110_air_as-i-stepped-out-to-face-myself-in-the-m_2586081.png) > [But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-it-was-okay-not-to-fit-in-everywhere-as-long-as-you-did-somewhere/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/sarah-dessen-110_fit_but-it-was-okay-not-to-fit-in-everywhere_2827266.png) ## Other authors on Fit ## 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/fit/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "6 Fit Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-paper-into-two-no-matter-how/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/sarah-dessen-110_fit_it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-p_248599.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/sarah-dessen-110_fit_it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-p_248599.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/sarah-dessen-110_fit_it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-p_248599.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But the original was there as well—more jaded and rudimentary, functional rather than romantic. 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