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
“Life was very short, literally. But now that I’m better, it seems so long I have to squint to see even the… — 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
“It's both, it all depends on how you choose to live it. Forever is always changing.' [About if life is short or… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities. Whenever you made… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It [I'm leaving] wasn't really necessary to say, especially if you were already walking away. Almost redundant. And yet, there was a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was like that part of my life, was just gone. It was almost too easy, for something I once thought had… — 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
“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
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 always wrote about girls that went to the beach and had that summer that changed everything. So I was interested in… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Maybe marriage, like life, is'nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things—like… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life is short Macy, Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere. — 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
“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
“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
“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
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Of course it hurts", she grumbled, tipping my head further back. "Life sucks. Get over it — 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
“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
