--- title: "16 Pieces Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "16 Pieces quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/sarah-dessen-110_pieces_he-thinks-he-can-fix-anything-and-if-he_1023964.png" --- > [“He thinks he can fix anything. And if he can't fix it, he can at least do something with the pieces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/he-thinks-he-can-fix-anything-and-if-he-can-t-fix-it-he-can-at-least/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/sarah-dessen-110_pieces_he-thinks-he-can-fix-anything-and-if-he_1023964.png) > [How weird was it that so many bits and pieces, all diverse, could make something whole. Something with potential. 'Perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/how-weird-was-it-that-so-many-bits-and-pieces-all-diverse-could-make/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/sarah-dessen-110_bits-and-pieces_how-weird-was-it-that-so-many-bits-and-p_1740086.png) > [I was tired of hanging on, taking the torn pieces to make something whole with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-was-tired-of-hanging-on-taking-the-torn-pieces-to-make-something/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/sarah-dessen-110_hanging-on_i-was-tired-of-hanging-on-taking-the-tor_1547937.png) > [“Timing clicking together, finally, pieces falling into place.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/timing-clicking-together-finally-pieces-falling-into-place/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/sarah-dessen-110_contentment_timing-clicking-together-finally-pieces_2061228.png) > [So while it seemed like you were seeing everything, you really weren't. Just bits and pieces that looked like a whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/so-while-it-seemed-like-you-were-seeing-everything-you-really-weren-t/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/sarah-dessen-110_bits-and-pieces_so-while-it-seemed-like-you-were-seeing_2045967.png) > [We laughed ourselves silly, taking back our shared past, gently, piece by piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/we-laughed-ourselves-silly-taking-back-our-shared-past-gently-piece/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/sarah-dessen-110_laughed_we-laughed-ourselves-silly-taking-back-o_2823353.png) > [It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-paper-into-two-no-matter-how/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/sarah-dessen-110_fit_it-was-like-when-you-ripped-a-piece-of-p_248599.png) > [And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/and-for-one-second-it-was-like-i-could-feel-the-timing-clicking/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/sarah-dessen-110_fall_and-for-one-second-it-was-like-i-could-f_1154046.png) > [Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/pieces-and-parts-were-always-easier-to-process-the-full-picture-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/sarah-dessen-110_easier_pieces-and-parts-were-always-easier-to-p_511579.png) > [I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-think-my-biggest-problem-though-at-least-in-drafts-is-not-repeating/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/sarah-dessen-110_book_i-think-my-biggest-problem-though-at-lea_2710230.png) > [The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, "is that he thinks he can fix anything. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-thing-about-wes-delia-said-to-me-unwrapping-another-package-of/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/sarah-dessen-110_broken_the-thing-about-wes-delia-said-to-me-unw_1513213.png) > [All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/all-i-d-ever-wanted-was-to-forget-but-even-when-i-thought-i-had/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/sarah-dessen-110_break-up_all-i-d-ever-wanted-was-to-forget-but-ev_433386.png) > [So many versions of just one memory, and yet none of them were right or wrong. Instead, they were all pieces. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/so-many-versions-of-just-one-memory-and-yet-none-of-them-were-right/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/sarah-dessen-110_memories_so-many-versions-of-just-one-memory-and_2278623.png) > [I tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted, doling out bits and pieces of who I was. But that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-tried-to-hold-myself-apart-showing-only-what-i-wanted-doling-out/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/sarah-dessen-110_apart_i-tried-to-hold-myself-apart-showing-onl_2427892.png) > [When I pictured myself, it was always like just an outline in a coloring book, with the inside not yet completed. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/when-i-pictured-myself-it-was-always-like-just-an-outline-in-a-2/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/sarah-dessen-110_bits-and-pieces_when-i-pictured-myself-it-was-always-lik_2280918.jpg) > [But in the real world, you couldnt really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-in-the-real-world-you-couldnt-really-just-split-a-family-down-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/sarah-dessen-110_absence_but-in-the-real-world-you-couldnt-really_1005693.png) ## Other authors on Pieces ## 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/pieces/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "16 Pieces Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He thinks he can fix anything. 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