I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When I was a teen, I was never really into the captain of the football team or the student body president. The… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's not always so simple, Haven. Sometimes there isn't a good guy and a bad guy. Sometimes even the ones you want… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
And don't change for a guy, ever," Leah added. "If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are. — 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
It was so weird, because usually I was totally nervous talking to guys. But Eli was different. He made me want to… — 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
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
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
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
I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everything—" "It's called 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
