--- title: "12 Minutes Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "12 Minutes quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Minutes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/sarah-dessen-110_enough_i-d-known-enough-people-for-every-minute_422198.png" --- > [I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-known-enough-people-for-every-minute-of-the-day-and-yet-still/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/sarah-dessen-110_enough_i-d-known-enough-people-for-every-minute_422198.png) > [Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/everything-in-the-end-comes-down-to-timing-one-second-one-minute-one/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/sarah-dessen-110_differences_everything-in-the-end-comes-down-to-timi_560484.png) > [I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-write-thank-you-notes-the-minute-i-throw-the-wrapping-paper-away/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/sarah-dessen-110_gratitude_i-write-thank-you-notes-the-minute-i-thr_1164854.png) > [You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-know-the-minute-you-stop-thinking-about-it-it-ll-happen/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/sarah-dessen-110_happen_you-know-the-minute-you-stop-thinking-ab_2070189.png) > [When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/when-he-stopped-walking-and-kissed-me-a-few-minutes-later-it-was-like/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/sarah-dessen-110_air_when-he-stopped-walking-and-kissed-me-a_2562924.png) > [With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/with-my-mom-when-someone-was-gone-they-were-gone-she-didn-t-waste/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/sarah-dessen-110_gone_with-my-mom-when-someone-was-gone-they-w_531211.png) > [Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/sorry-dave-s-friend-yelled-when-he-saw-me-that-was-my-but-i-wasn-t/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/sarah-dessen-110_balls_sorry-dave-s-friend-yelled-when-he-saw-m_1401169.jpg) > [Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. "Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-called-okay-look-deb-s-face-was/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/sarah-dessen-110_being-honest_fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-call_1591234.png) > [He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/he-d-always-had-that-fearless-optimism-that-made-cynics-like-me/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/sarah-dessen-110_capable_he-d-always-had-that-fearless-optimism-t_2206052.png) > [Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/everything-in-the-end-comes-down-to-timing-one-second-one-minute-one-2/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/sarah-dessen-110_differences_everything-in-the-end-comes-down-to-timi_2714512.jpg) > [We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/we-sat-there-not-talking-for-a-few-minutes-he-ate-the-moon-pie-only/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/sarah-dessen-110_belly_we-sat-there-not-talking-for-a-few-minut_55522.jpg) > [We'd start slow, the way we always did, because the run, and the game, could go on for a while. Maybe even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/we-d-start-slow-the-way-we-always-did-because-the-run-and-the-game/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/sarah-dessen-110_different_we-d-start-slow-the-way-we-always-did-be_1997566.png) ## Other authors on Minutes ## 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/minutes/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "12 Minutes Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-known-enough-people-for-every-minute-of-the-day-and-yet-still/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/sarah-dessen-110_enough_i-d-known-enough-people-for-every-minute_422198.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/sarah-dessen-110_enough_i-d-known-enough-people-for-every-minute_422198.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/sarah-dessen-110_enough_i-d-known-enough-people-for-every-minute_422198.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. 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I think you've been going about this all wrong.\" \"I'm offended,\" Dave told her flatly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-called-okay-look-deb-s-face-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/sarah-dessen-110_being-honest_fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-call_1591234.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/sarah-dessen-110_being-honest_fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-call_1591234.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/sarah-dessen-110_being-honest_fifteen-minutes-later-a-meeting-was-call_1591234.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. \"Okay, look.\" Deb's face was dead serious. \"I know I just…” — Sarah Dessen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/he-d-always-had-that-fearless-optimism-that-made-cynics-like-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/sarah-dessen-110_capable_he-d-always-had-that-fearless-optimism-t_2206052.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/sarah-dessen-110_capable_he-d-always-had-that-fearless-optimism-t_2206052.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/sarah-dessen-110_capable_he-d-always-had-that-fearless-optimism-t_2206052.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. 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