You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking entirely too slowly. "Hi," she said,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Together, we looked down at the tiny house, the sole thing on this vast, flat surface. Like the only person living on… — 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
Once she'd loved my filet mignon, my carnivore inklings, but now she was a vegan princess, living off of beans. She'd given… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
He shook his head. "Some people think that they like music,but they have no idea what it's really about. They're kindding themselves.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Macy: “In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” Wes: “How do you win?”… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a… — 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
You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Look," I said, "We knew Jason and Becky would be back, the break would end. This isn't a surprise, it's what's supposed… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You just looked..." she said, searching for the word, "taken, you know? Plus you hardly reacted to Wes. I mean, you did… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. But there were definitely some freak-outs on both sides. Though, to be honest, the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect."… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I planned my whole future around Adam," she said now, quietly. "And now I have nothing." "No," I told her, "now you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You're wrong," I told her. "I lost that faith a long time ago." She looked at me as I said this, an… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
which is completely out-of-line behavior. Then you are wholly within your rights to stomp on their foot." "No," Delia said, over her… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So," he said as we turned onto the main road, the muffler rattling, "I've been thinking." "Yeah?" He nodded. "You really need… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You know," I told him,"if you don't know how to eat a cupcake, that's nothing to be ashamed of." Now he did… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, "sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list." "Such as?"… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps… — 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
