--- title: "9 Loud Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "9 Loud quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Loud sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/sarah-dessen-110_freaking_silence-is-so-freaking-loud-3037014_3037014.png" --- > [Silence is so freaking loud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/silence-is-so-freaking-loud/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/sarah-dessen-110_freaking_silence-is-so-freaking-loud-3037014_3037014.png) > [It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-s-hard-to-do-i-said-wes-looked-at-me-what-is-i-swallowed-not-sure/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/sarah-dessen-110_loud_it-s-hard-to-do-i-said-wes-looked-at-me_1975049.png) > [See for me, it’s immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn’t sure which.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/see-for-me-it-s-immediate-silence-is-so-freaking-loud-this-seemed/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/sarah-dessen-110_loud_see-for-me-it-s-immediate-silence-is-so_2797237.png) > [But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-as-i-lay-there-it-only-seemes-like-silence-filling-my-ears-and/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/sarah-dessen-110_ears_but-as-i-lay-there-it-only-seemes-like-s_2069592.png) > [I drove off, with my friends watching me go, all of them grouped on Lissa's hood. As I pulled onto the road,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-drove-off-with-my-friends-watching-me-go-all-of-them-grouped-on/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/sarah-dessen-110_air_i-drove-off-with-my-friends-watching-me_628201.jpg) > [Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. But there were definitely some freak-outs on both sides. Though, to be honest, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/really-screaming-he-shrugged-it-wasn-t-that-bad-but-there-were/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/sarah-dessen-110_argument_really-screaming-he-shrugged-it-wasn-t-t_1952859.jpg) > [One word," Ted replied, dead serious, "can change the whole world." There was a moment while we all considered this. Finally Lissa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/one-word-ted-replied-dead-serious-can-change-the-whole-world-there/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/sarah-dessen-110_chloe_one-word-ted-replied-dead-serious-can-ch_2842081.jpg) > [You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-don-t-have-to-say-it-out-loud-i-already-know-why-you-like-me-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/sarah-dessen-110_able_you-don-t-have-to-say-it-out-loud-i-alre_11082.jpg) > [I was woundering what he would say, what word could sum me up right then, when i saw the lights come across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-was-woundering-what-he-would-say-what-word-could-sum-me-up-right/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/sarah-dessen-110_bigs_i-was-woundering-what-he-would-say-what_2429798.jpg) ## Other authors on Loud ## More by Sarah Dessen > [Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/sometimes-a-question-can-hurt-more-than-an-answer/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“if i were a book i would be so open”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/if-i-were-a-book-i-would-be-so-open/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [Harder to get in than out, like so little else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/harder-to-get-in-than-out-like-so-little-else/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“At times, I found myself questioning his very existence, even though I knew I had, in fact, spotted him, with my own eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/at-times-i-found-myself-questioning-his-very-existence-even-though-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-don-t-have-to-say-it-out-loud-i-already-know-why-you-like-me-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/no-relationship-is-perfect-ever-there-are-always-some-ways-you-have/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/when-you-had-to-do-something-you-had-to-do-it-and-eventually-if-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [the truth about forever is that it is happening right now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-truth-about-forever-is-that-it-is-happening-right-now/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-jammed-my-hand-in-my-jacket-pocket-bracing-myself-fo-the-next-hit/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-had-no-illusions-about-love-anymore-it-came-it-went-it-left/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-maybe-that-isn-t-so-bad-you-can-t-love-anyone-that-way-more-than/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/this-was-just-one-night-one-chance-to-vary-and-see-where-it-took-me/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [call it chicken salad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/call-it-chicken-salad/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“For me, however, it was a mix of the two, this constant push and pull. I loved it here. But I'd been in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/for-me-however-it-was-a-mix-of-the-two-this-constant-push-and-pull-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-think-whenever-a-writer-is-really-enjoying-themselves-and-liking/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loud/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "9 Loud Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Silence is so freaking loud", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/silence-is-so-freaking-loud/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/sarah-dessen-110_freaking_silence-is-so-freaking-loud-3037014_3037014.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/sarah-dessen-110_freaking_silence-is-so-freaking-loud-3037014_3037014.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/sarah-dessen-110_freaking_silence-is-so-freaking-loud-3037014_3037014.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Silence is so freaking loud” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's hard to do,\" I said. 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He pointed at me. “Exactly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/really-screaming-he-shrugged-it-wasn-t-that-bad-but-there-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/sarah-dessen-110_argument_really-screaming-he-shrugged-it-wasn-t-t_1952859.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/sarah-dessen-110_argument_really-screaming-he-shrugged-it-wasn-t-t_1952859.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/sarah-dessen-110_argument_really-screaming-he-shrugged-it-wasn-t-t_1952859.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. 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I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer. 'So,' I said. 'Tell me' 'It's an animal attraction,' he said simply. 'Totally chemical.' 'Hmm,' I said. 'You could be right.' 'It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me.' 'No?' 'Nope.' His hands were in my hair now, and I was leaning in, not able to totally make out his face, but his voice was clear, close to my ear. 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