Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What," I said, "is that a crime here or something? Like only buying one thing at the Gas/Gro? — 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
I've given lots of people chances. But there's only so much faith you can have in people. — 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
You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Maybe" she said. "I just wish we'd have a little mishap.It would be reassuring — 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
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 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
The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, "is that he thinks he can fix anything. And… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.” Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you… — 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
Now, see," Wes said, nodding at my plate, "this is going to blow your mind." I looked at him. "It's a waffle,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I meant what I said to you. I wasn't playing some kind of summer game. Everything I said was true, from the… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
very quietly, I heard a voice in my ear.It said, in a weird, cheesy, right-out-of-one-of-my-mother’s-novels way, “Ah. Wemeet again.” I turned my… — 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
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
Now, now," my father said. "Let's just get the bags." This was typical. My father, the lone male in our estrogen-heavy household,… — 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
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
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
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
I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I… — 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
What do you do when you finally hear everything you've always thought said aloud? — 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
Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth. — 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
It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share
