--- title: "13 Heard Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "13 Heard quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Heard sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/sarah-dessen-110_approach_as-he-heard-me-approach-he-quickly-leape_1838059.png" --- > [As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/as-he-heard-me-approach-he-quickly-leaped-up-grabbing-a-nearby-loaf/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/sarah-dessen-110_approach_as-he-heard-me-approach-he-quickly-leape_1838059.png) > [closed my eyes and listened. It was like music I'd heard all my life, even more than "This Lullaby." All those keystrokes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/closed-my-eyes-and-listened-it-was-like-music-i-d-heard-all-my-life/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/sarah-dessen-110_beads_closed-my-eyes-and-listened-it-was-like_393230.png) > [I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?" Pass," he said. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-took-in-a-breath-what-s-the-one-thing-you-d-do-i-asked-if-you-could/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/sarah-dessen-110_heard_i-took-in-a-breath-what-s-the-one-thing_2423476.png) > [It was like those songs I'd heard as a child, each so familiar, and all mine. When i got older and realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-was-like-those-songs-i-d-heard-as-a-child-each-so-familiar-and-all/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/sarah-dessen-110_children_it-was-like-those-songs-i-d-heard-as-a-c_1688687.png) > [When I was a teen, I was never really into the captain of the football team or the student body president. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/when-i-was-a-teen-i-was-never-really-into-the-captain-of-the-football/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/sarah-dessen-110_always_when-i-was-a-teen-i-was-never-really-int_567388.png) > [I was so scared about being discovered, but nobody came. Nobody heard. In my own ears, though, my sobs sounded primal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-was-so-scared-about-being-discovered-but-nobody-came-nobody-heard/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/sarah-dessen-110_able_i-was-so-scared-about-being-discovered-b_2717161.png) > [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) > [I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-heard-of-evergreen-care-center-before-cass-and-i-had-always-made/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/sarah-dessen-110_ads_i-d-heard-of-evergreen-care-center-befor_1321202.jpg) > [ \[Adam picks up the camera\] "I have to get a shot of this." The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous:… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/adam-picks-up-the-camera-i-have-to-get-a-shot-of-this-the-reaction-in/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/sarah-dessen-110_adam_adam-picks-up-the-camera-i-have-to-get-a_1059845.png) > [I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-m-sorry-i-heard-him-say-again-then-out-of-the-corner-of-my-eye-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/sarah-dessen-110_aspect_i-m-sorry-i-heard-him-say-again-then-out_2485436.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/very-quietly-i-heard-a-voice-in-my-ear-it-said-in-a-weird-cheesy/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/sarah-dessen-110_car_very-quietly-i-heard-a-voice-in-my-ear-i_647158.png) > [Hollis " I said "you're messing with me right now aren't you You're in Paris or somewhere and just-" "What " he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/hollis-i-said-you-re-messing-with-me-right-now-aren-t-you-you-re-in/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/sarah-dessen-110_brother_hollis-i-said-you-re-messing-with-me-rig_2663272.png) > [And that was as far as he got before i heard it. The thumping of footsteps, running up the lawn toward me:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/and-that-was-as-far-as-he-got-before-i-heard-it-the-thumping-of/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/sarah-dessen-110_ears_and-that-was-as-far-as-he-got-before-i-h_1604680.jpg) ## Other authors on Heard ## 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/heard/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "13 Heard Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of him as if struck by a sudden desire to make a sandwich.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/as-he-heard-me-approach-he-quickly-leaped-up-grabbing-a-nearby-loaf/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/sarah-dessen-110_approach_as-he-heard-me-approach-he-quickly-leape_1838059.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/sarah-dessen-110_approach_as-he-heard-me-approach-he-quickly-leape_1838059.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/sarah-dessen-110_approach_as-he-heard-me-approach-he-quickly-leape_1838059.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As he heard me approach, he quickly leaped up, grabbing a nearby loaf of bread and holding it in front of…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "closed my eyes and listened. 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You're…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. \"We can't heal you at Evergreen\", the very somber voiceover said. \"But we can help you to heal yourself.\" It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything. \"Hey Cass, \"I'd say, \"hand me that toothpaste.\" \"Caitlin,\" she'd say, her voice dark and serious. \"I can't hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-heard-of-evergreen-care-center-before-cass-and-i-had-always-made/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/sarah-dessen-110_ads_i-d-heard-of-evergreen-care-center-befor_1321202.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/sarah-dessen-110_ads_i-d-heard-of-evergreen-care-center-befor_1321202.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/sarah-dessen-110_ads_i-d-heard-of-evergreen-care-center-befor_1321202.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Adam picks up the camera] \"I have to get a shot of this.\" The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person except me raised their hands at once to cover their faces. The accompanying utterances, though, were varied. I heard everything from \"Please no\" (Maggie), to \"Jesus Christ\" (Wallace), to \"Stop it or die\" (I'm assuming it's obvious).", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/adam-picks-up-the-camera-i-have-to-get-a-shot-of-this-the-reaction-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/sarah-dessen-110_adam_adam-picks-up-the-camera-i-have-to-get-a_1059845.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/sarah-dessen-110_adam_adam-picks-up-the-camera-i-have-to-get-a_1059845.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/sarah-dessen-110_adam_adam-picks-up-the-camera-i-have-to-get-a_1059845.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Adam picks up the camera] \"I have to get a shot of this.\" The reaction in the room was swift, and…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm sorry,\" I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement as he slid out of his seat, left some bills for the breakfast he wouldn't eat, and walked away. And as he did, I thought again of those mornings in the hallway at school, way back in ninth grade. Everything had started in such sharp detail, each aspect pronounced and clear. Obviously, endings were different. 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Here I'll prove it.\" There was a muffled noise followed by some static. Then I heard my mother recite at a distance in her most droll flat tone \"Yes. It is true. 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