As if at the age of eighteen life already sucked beyond any hope of improvement. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Now we were both in motion again, moving ahead. So what if there were questions left unanswered. Life went on. We knew… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“No word has one specific definition.Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life" -Ms.Conyers of Sarah Dessen's Lock and Key” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It's not that I believe everything happens for a reason, it's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be… — 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
That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled,… — 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
The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all:… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“This life was fleeting, and I was still searching for the way I wanted to spend it that would make me happy,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“For whatever reason - time, circumstance, distance- he wasn't able to give it to me himself. But he did give me Benji,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast,… — 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
“Once this had been the life I'd wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn't believe that there had been a time when… — 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
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
Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick… — 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
“Family," she announced. "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
“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
Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a… — 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
After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time… — 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
“Life is big and huge and scary. But you have to go and take your part of it. There’s a reason the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“This true difference in me now: I had these experiances, these tales, more of this life. So maybe it wasn't the fairy… — 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
Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands full of earth, coaxing life… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It was rare for things to be perfect and organized anyway, even with your best efforts. Embrace the messy and when things… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Well, here we are," Ethan said. "The end of the world." I smiled, turning slightly to take in the full view. "It's… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“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
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
“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
“You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging. 'It all depends… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“A wedding is a series of special moments, strung together like beads on a chain. Sure, by themselves, they are lovely, but… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
At the same time, though, I was beginning to wonder if this was just how it was supposed to be for me,… — 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
