closed my eyes and listened. It was like music I'd heard all my life, even more than "This Lullaby." All those keystrokes,… — 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
very quietly, I heard a voice in my ear.It said, in a weird, cheesy, right-out-of-one-of-my-mother’s-novels way, “Ah. Wemeet again.” I turned my… — 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'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
And that was as far as he got before i heard it. The thumping of footsteps, running up the lawn toward me:… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was like those songs I'd heard as a child, each so familiar, and all mine. When i got older and realized… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of him… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I listened for the voice I knew so well, the one I always heard at the beginning. Good girl, Macy! You're doing… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?" Pass," he said. For… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Hollis " I said "you're messing with me right now aren't you You're in Paris or somewhere and just-" "What " he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was so scared about being discovered, but nobody came. Nobody heard. In my own ears, though, my sobs sounded primal and… — 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