“For me, however, it was a mix of the two, this constant push and pull. I loved it here. But I'd been… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“On my way to the living room, where my family was gathered, I stopped to look at the photo in the foyer.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life is long. Just because you don’t get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn’t mean it won’t come.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“So much hanging on just these things, tiny increments that together build a life. Like words build a story, and what had… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Mayonnaise is a lot like men, it can make everything much better, adding flavor and ease to your life. Or, it can… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Like life isn't complicated enough. You should at least be able to follow the signs. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
As if at the age of eighteen life already sucked beyond any hope of improvement. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Outside, the ocean was crashing, waves hitting sand, then pulling back to sea. I thought of everything being washed away, again and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It's all in the view...that's what I mean about forever...For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Having no expectations for some people in your life can be depressing, if not devastating. But with others, it’s what is necessary.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can’t fully understand. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Isn't that the way everything begins? A night, a love, a once and for all.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
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
But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable,walking through this life half-sleeping,everything at arm's length or farther away. I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn’t be about the either/or.… — 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
