--- title: "2 Middle ground Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "2 Middle ground quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Middle ground sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/sarah-dessen-110_anything_so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me_276436.jpg" --- > [“So what's your doll's name?" Boo asked me. "Barbie," I said. "All their names are Barbie." "I see," she said. "Well, I'd think that would get boring, everyone having the same name." I thought about this, then said, "Okay, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me-barbie-i-said-all-their-names/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/sarah-dessen-110_anything_so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me_276436.jpg) > [“I can still see Boo sitting there on the floor, cross-legged, holding my Ken and watching my face as she tried to make me see that between my mother'sPTA and Boo's strange ways there was a middle ground that began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-can-still-see-boo-sitting-there-on-the-floor-cross-legged-holding/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/sarah-dessen-110_barbie_i-can-still-see-boo-sitting-there-on-the_3122015.png) ## 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/middle-ground/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "2 Middle ground Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So what's your doll's name?\" Boo asked me. \"Barbie,\" I said. \"All their names are Barbie.\" \"I see,\" she said. \"Well, I'd think that would get boring, everyone having the same name.\" I thought about this, then said, \"Okay, then her name is Sabrina.\" \"Well, that's a very nice name,\" Boo said. I remember she was baking bread, kneading the dough between her thick fingers. \"What does she do?\" \"Do?\" I said. \"Yes.\" She flipped the dough over and started in on it from the other side. \"What does she do?\" \"She goes out with Ken,\" I said. \"And what else?\" \"She goes to parties,\" I said slowly. \"And shopping.\" \"Oh,\" Boo said, nodding. \"She can't work?\" \"She doesn't have to work,\" I said. \"Why not?\" \"Because she's Barbie.\" \"I hate to tell you, Caitlin, but somebody has to make payments on that town house and the Corvette,\" Boo said cheerfully. \"Unless Barbie has a lot of family money.\" I considered this while I put on Ken's pants. Boo started pushing the dough into a pan, smoothing it with her hand over the top. \"You know what I think, Caitlin?\" Her voice was soft and nice, the way she always spoke to me. \"What?\" \"I think your Barbie can go shopping, and go out with Ken, and also have a productive and satisfying career of her own.\" She opened the oven and slid in the bread pan, adjusting its position on the rack. \"But what can she do?\" My mother didn't work and spent her time cleaning the house and going to PTA. I couldn't imagine Barbie, whose most casual outfit had sequins and go-go boots, doing s.uch things. Boo came over and plopped right down beside me. I always remember her being on my level; she'd sit on the edge of the sandbox, or lie across her bed with me and Cass as we listened to the radio. \"Well,\" she said thoughtfully, picking up Ken and examining his perfect physique. \"What do you want to do when you grow up?\" I remember this moment so well; I can still see Boo sitting there on the floor, cross- legged, holding my Ken and watching my face as she tried to make me see that between my mother's PTA and Boo's strange ways there was a middle ground that began here with my Barbie, Sab-rina, and led right to me. \"Well,\" I said abruptly, \"I want to be in advertising.\" I have no idea where this came from. \"Advertising,\" Boo repeated, nodding. \"Okay. Advertising it is. So Sabrina has to go to work every day, coming up with ideas for commercials and things like that.\" \"She works in an office,\" I went on. \"Sometimes she has to work late.\" \"Sure she does,\" Boo said. \"It's hard to get ahead. Even if you're Barbie.\" \"Because she wants to get promoted,\" I added. \"So she can pay off the town house. And the Corvette.\" \"Very responsible of her,\" Boo said. \"Can she be divorced?\" I asked. \"And famous for her commercials and ideas?\" \"She can be anything,\" Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. \"And so can you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me-barbie-i-said-all-their-names/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/sarah-dessen-110_anything_so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me_276436.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/sarah-dessen-110_anything_so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me_276436.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/sarah-dessen-110_anything_so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me_276436.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So what's your doll's name?\" Boo asked me. \"Barbie,\" I said. \"All their names are Barbie.\" \"I see,\" she…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I can still see Boo sitting there on the floor, cross-legged, holding my Ken and watching my face as she tried to make me see that between my mother'sPTA and Boo's strange ways there was a middle ground that began here with my Barbie, Sab-rina,and led right to me. \"She can be anything,\" Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. \"And so can you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-can-still-see-boo-sitting-there-on-the-floor-cross-legged-holding/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/sarah-dessen-110_barbie_i-can-still-see-boo-sitting-there-on-the_3122015.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/sarah-dessen-110_barbie_i-can-still-see-boo-sitting-there-on-the_3122015.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/sarah-dessen-110_barbie_i-can-still-see-boo-sitting-there-on-the_3122015.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can still see Boo sitting there on the floor, cross-legged, holding my Ken and watching my face as she…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle-ground/sarah-dessen/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle-ground/sarah-dessen/", "name": "Middle ground Quotes by Sarah Dessen", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/middle-ground/sarah-dessen/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/sarah-dessen-110_anything_so-what-s-your-doll-s-name-boo-asked-me_276436.jpg" }, "description": "2 Middle ground quotes by Sarah Dessen. 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