“The truth was, there was no way everything could be the Best. Sometimes, when it came to events and people, it had… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Incluso ahora que estaba muerto, era un artista de un solo éxito. O dos, supongo, si me cuento a mí.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Shit," Delia said. "I mean, shoot. No, actually, I mean shit. I really do.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Nobody was all bad, I was learning. Even the worst person had someone who cared about them at some point" - Sydney… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It was terrible and awful when someone left you. You could move on, do the best you could, but like Eli had… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I didn't hear the footsteps. Or see the shadow. Instead from where I was crouched on the ground, the green of the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“All I wanted - all I’d ever wanted - was just to get away. To be somewhere small where I could crowd… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“We make such messes in this life, both accidently and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. it doesn't just catch up: it overtakes, blotting out… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. "Yes," I said after his hello.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“To me, summer has always been about potential. This was especially true when I was in high school. Those 3 or so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“There's a difference between the words father and dad . And it's more than three words.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Fine," he repeated, and I wondered why it was I kept coming back to this, again and again, a word that you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Nope.' He sat back. 'Just been there, done that. Done that getting hauled to the police station thing because of it, too.I… — 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
