“The thing about negotiations, not to mention the manipulation, is you can't go too far in any direction. Refusing once is good,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life seemed so much more manageable when you could write it down neatly on paper.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“She shook her head. "Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Everything in life had its phases, and if you were smart, you learned to appreciate them all. What really mattered, though, were… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life is full of screwups," he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?' There were so many questions in… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Her life was perfect. But as was often the case, the rest of us were still adjusting. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life didn't begin cleanly, and it surely never ended that way. We were blessed with whatever we had in the middle. It… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time looking at that picture. Wondering what I’d think of that girl, if I was someone else,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Behind the camera, I was invisible. When I lifted it up to my eye it was like I crawled into the lens,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever… — 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
“there were no such things as absolutes, not in life or in people. it was day by day, if not moment by… — 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
“Life can be long or short, it all depends on how you choose to live it. it's like forever, always changing. for… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I was always really envious of those girls who seemed to have everything: the perfect hair,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“One week, one strong. One scared, one bold. I was beginning to understand though, that there were no such things as absolutes,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I find that the more I depend on real life, the less interesting the story is. It's much more common for me… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Family,”_ _ _“They’re the people in your life you don’t get to pick. The ones that are given to you, as opposed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“We make such messes in this life, both accidently and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any… — 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
