--- title: "7 Hardest Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "7 Hardest quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Hardest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/sarah-dessen-110_boys_you-can-t-love-anyone-that-way-more-than_1250252.png" --- > [You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-can-t-love-anyone-that-way-more-than-once-in-a-lifetime-it-s-too/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/sarah-dessen-110_boys_you-can-t-love-anyone-that-way-more-than_1250252.png) > [My sister, who never understood most of the things I wanted her to, might have been able to understand what had happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/my-sister-who-never-understood-most-of-the-things-i-wanted-her-to/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/sarah-dessen-110_able_my-sister-who-never-understood-most-of-t_1381252.jpg) > [And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/and-like-my-dad-always-said-the-first-step-is-always-the-hardest/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/sarah-dessen-110_dad_and-like-my-dad-always-said-the-first-st_1502096.png) > [“The first step is always the hardest”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-first-step-is-always-the-hardest/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/sarah-dessen-110_effort_the-first-step-is-always-the-hardest-162_1621821.png) > [The first boy was always the hardest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-first-boy-was-always-the-hardest/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/sarah-dessen-110_boys_the-first-boy-was-always-the-hardest-228_2285841.png) > [Maybe not," she said as we came to the car. "But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/maybe-not-she-said-as-we-came-to-the-car-but-maybe-that-isn-t-so-bad/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/sarah-dessen-110_bad-love_maybe-not-she-said-as-we-came-to-the-car_2308488.jpg) > [I listened for the voice I knew so well, the one I always heard at the beginning. Good girl, Macy! You're doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-listened-for-the-voice-i-knew-so-well-the-one-i-always-heard-at-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/sarah-dessen-110_caught_i-listened-for-the-voice-i-knew-so-well_2381634.png) ## Other authors on Hardest ## 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/hardest/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "7 Hardest Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it ends. The first boy is always the hardest to get over, Haven. 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