I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There's something nice about the silence of a car ride in the dark, going home. When you were tired of the radio… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I turned and looked into the gas station, where Wes was now paying, as the man who'd driven us looked on. "That's… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. "Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Next thing you know she'll be on the bus and selling T-shirts in the parking lot, showing off her boobs to get… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I just stood there, looking at her. My head was spinning, my mouth dry, and all I could think about was that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Despite my dad's assurances I was strangely nervous my stomach tight ever since we'd hung up. Maybe Deb had picked up on… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon will come back. You need proof. And while… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns."… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay? — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay. Enough." I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. "This is happening. So you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay, so if that's not real, what is? What counts, to you?" He thought for a second, then said, "I don't know.… — 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
