You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his… — 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
I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You know, when you think about it, that’s kind of a weird thing. I mean it’s meant to be sympathetic, right? But… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
And trying to break it down this way, to minor and major offenses, maybes and what-ifs, was like arguing over the origin… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
With total strangers, it had always been my policy to expect the worst. Usually they-and those that you knew best, for that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But in the real world, you couldnt really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
This was always the problem with my mother and me, I suddenly realized. There were so many things we thought we agreed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The health of the people I love is all that really matters in this world. Period. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There was no way to take the story back, folding it neatly into the place I'd kept it all this time. No… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The further you go, the more you have to be proud of. At the same time, in order to come a long… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
As if it didnt matter what was on, but instead how hard i was listening. — 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
It was like reaching for someone's hand, then missing their fingers, or even their arm, and hitting their shoulder instead. But no… — 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
