Then what are you like, Annabel?" he shot back. "A liar, like you told me that first day? Come on. That was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits. And honest,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Because you can never go from going out to being friends, just like that. It's a lie. It's just something that people… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone would think that an ellipsis represents doubt or anything. I think it's more, you know, hinting at the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Growing up means :propelling yourself forward into whatever lies ahead, one turn of the wheel at a time. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, that's good to know, I guess." "I'm… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great… — 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