You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, that's good to know, I guess." "I'm… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A second later, when he looked up at me, we were face to face, and again, even under these circumstances, I was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Morgan sighed. "I," she announced, "am so pathetic." "You are not," I said. "I am." She went over and straightened the cling… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I just don't know," I said, my voice sounding bumby, not like mine, "how do you help someone who doesn't want your… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Maybe not," she said as we came to the car. "But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What were you two talking about?" she whispered as Wes pulls the door shut. Nothing," I said. "Running." You should have seen… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
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
It's not forever', she'd said, but to my mother, it might as well have been. She had make her choice, and this… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I hoped this was true. Even if it wasn‟t, all I could do was hand over what I could, with the hope… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?" Pass," he said. For… — 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
He just stood there, looking at me, as if I had actually changed before his eyes. But this was the girl I'd… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Hollis " I said "you're messing with me right now aren't you You're in Paris or somewhere and just-" "What " he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it. "I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?" "It's street ball!" He… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” “How do you win?” he asked.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I've given lots of people chances. But there's only so much faith you can have in people. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Morris was not the type to offer a hug or even hold your hand. But there was something in his quiet indignation… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
One word," Ted replied, dead serious, "can change the whole world." There was a moment while we all considered this. Finally Lissa… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?' — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't see it at first glance. It was fake… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But I saw Blake earlier and he said he and Nate were taking off for an overnight business thing. So..." "... you're… — 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
