I just can't ever be a free spirit and just relax. When it comes to work, this is good. I'm very disciplined,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I've found in my own life that if my writing isn't going well, not much else will. It is the one constant,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There's this other half of him I don't know of, it's like he is trying to keep it a secret... if he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I always say that teenagers are the first to know if you're pandering to them. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again.… — 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
I've given lots of people chances. But there's only so much faith you can have in people. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I always have a goal, even if I keep it to myself. It allows me to keep pushing myself. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I… — 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
