If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in 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… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“When you've never gotten love from someone, you dob't know what it might look like if it ever does appear.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Who knew three dots could make such a difference? Like everything else, a love or a wish or whatever, it was all… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I'm saying that, you know, we never get to go to the beach and just, you know, let loose. Fall in love… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Maybe not," she said as we came to the car. "But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Finally he asks, "What if that's not enough? What if I need something else?" And she replies, "Whatever you need, I will… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When you've never gotten love from someone, you don't know what it might look like if it ever does appear. You look… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, its perfect As long as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Plastic ware," he said slowly, "like knives and forks and spoons?" I brushed a bit of dirt off the back of my… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“He grinned again. We'd only been seeing each other for a few weeks now, but this easy give-and-take still surprised me. From… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Then," Kristy continued,nodding at her,"life was very short,literally.But now that I'm better,it seems so long I have to squint to see even… — 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 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
So," she went on, "it got me thinking about what cost beauty. Or for that matter, what cost anything? Would you trade… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Everything seemed bright and different after so long in the darkness. Even though most of the businesses were closed, there was one… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“What did it take to claim a person, really? One perfect night? A few weeks of phone calls, hundreds of texts, all… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“You can’t measure love by time put in, but the weight of those moments. Some in life are light, like a touch.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. — 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
“Love is an excuse to put up with the shit that you shouldn't. That's how it gets you. It throws off the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Love is so unpredictable. Sometimes you'll know a man for years and then one day, boom! Suddenly you see him in a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“What did it take to claim a person, really? One perfect night? A few weeks of phone calls, hundreds of texts, all… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I think she loves him," Lissa said. "And love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something… — 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
“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… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
