You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his… — 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… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But against love, the case was solid. Easily argued. And you could, indeed, hold it in your hand. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I drove off, with my friends watching me go, all of them grouped on Lissa's hood. As I pulled onto the road,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was---"Mmm-hmmm,"… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
[Adam picks up the camera] "I have to get a shot of this." The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous:… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was worn out, broken: He had taken almost everything. But he'd been all I'd had, all this time. And when the… — 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
I looked down again at the sign in my hand - ENJOY THE RIDE! - and it seemed, suddenly, to be just… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
And so we stood there in the kitchen, my mother and I, facing off over everything that had built up since June,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
And that was it; it was so easy for her. My own memories did not even belong to me. But I knew… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands full of earth, coaxing life… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my… — 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
A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I hoped this was true. Even if it wasn‟t, all I could do was hand over what I could, with the hope… — 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
As I stepped out to face myself in the mirror, reaching a hand to smooth away the steam, I saw myself differently.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it. "I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?" "It's street ball!" He… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Morris was not the type to offer a hug or even hold your hand. But there was something in his quiet indignation… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The truth was I knew, after all those flat January days, that I deserved better. I deserved I love yous and kiwi… — 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