My mother has always been the point I calibrated myself against. In knowing where she was, I could always locate myself, as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Nothing‟s going to change, Jamie had said that day, but I‟d known even then this wasn‟t true. My mother had always been… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I would have thought this would make me feel better, for once getting to be the one to leave and not the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
All we had was her room, her stories, and the quiet that settled in as we tried in vain to spread ourselves… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I would have thought this would make me feel better.. getting to be the one to leave and not the one left… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place… — 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
