I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Don't give me no rotten tomato, 'cause all I ever wanted was your sweet potato. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You can't make any one person your world. The trick is to take what each can give you and build a world… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
This is exactly what i wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The basic fact is that no, this isnt ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The basic fact is that no, this isn't ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You want me to give her a key?" the guy asked. "I want you to give her a possibility," she told him,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Needing was so easy: it came naturally, like breathing. Being needed by someone else, though, that was the hard part. But as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You, have this whole tall, dark stranger thing going on. Not to mention the tortured artist bit. And you, have that whole… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I hoped that Grace would be a little bit of the best of all of us: Scarlett's spirit, and my mother's strength,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Sitting there with them, it was almost hard to remember when I first came to Perkins, so determined to remember to be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Once she'd loved my filet mignon, my carnivore inklings, but now she was a vegan princess, living off of beans. She'd given… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the… — 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… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, ... and tried to tell myself he cared about me enough… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if… — 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
