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title: "8 Leaving Quotes By Sarah Dessen"
description: "8 Leaving quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Leaving sayings from other authors."
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> [Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/times-like-this-it-did-seem-real-i-was-leaving-and-even-more-that-my/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/sarah-dessen-110_doorways_times-like-this-it-did-seem-real-i-was-l_81215.png)

> [As for me, I was just trying to get it right, whatever that means. But now I finally felt I was on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/as-for-me-i-was-just-trying-to-get-it-right-whatever-that-means-but/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/sarah-dessen-110_alive_as-for-me-i-was-just-trying-to-get-it-ri_317603.png)

> [Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/leaving-was-easy-it-was-everything-else-that-was-so-damned-hard/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e5/sarah-dessen-110_easy_leaving-was-easy-it-was-everything-else_432230.png)

> [“But this, too, wasn’t true. Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so dammed hard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-this-too-wasn-t-true-leaving-was-easy-it-was-everything-else-that/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/sarah-dessen-110_leaving_but-this-too-wasn-t-true-leaving-was-eas_1269320.png)

> [“Just wait a second. We can't leave it like this." But this too, wasn't true. Leaving was easy. It was everything else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/just-wait-a-second-we-can-t-leave-it-like-this-but-this-too-wasn-t/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/sarah-dessen-110_leave_just-wait-a-second-we-can-t-leave-it-lik_1998221.png)

> [ “It \[I'm leaving\] wasn't really necessary to say, especially if you were already walking away. Almost redundant. And yet, there was a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-i-m-leaving-wasn-t-really-necessary-to-say-especially-if-you-were/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/sarah-dessen-110_away_it-i-m-leaving-wasn-t-really-necessary-t_2521267.png)

> [He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/he-always-did-the-leaving-but-not-this-time-she-kept-walking-and-did/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/sarah-dessen-110_leaving_he-always-did-the-leaving-but-not-this-t_3080395.png)

> [This felt right. Not just leaving, but how I was doing it. Without regret, without second guessing. And with Wes right there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/this-felt-right-not-just-leaving-but-how-i-was-doing-it-without/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

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## Other authors on Leaving

## 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/)

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