--- title: "9 Scared Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "9 Scared quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Scared sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/sarah-dessen-110_adam_this-is-a-911-you-know-you-only-text-tha_53968.png" --- > [“This is a 911? You know you only text that when someone is dead or dying. You scared the crap out of me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/this-is-a-911-you-know-you-only-text-that-when-someone-is-dead-or/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/sarah-dessen-110_adam_this-is-a-911-you-know-you-only-text-tha_53968.png) > [I was so scared about being discovered, but nobody came. Nobody heard. In my own ears, though, my sobs sounded primal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-was-so-scared-about-being-discovered-but-nobody-came-nobody-heard/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/sarah-dessen-110_able_i-was-so-scared-about-being-discovered-b_2717161.png) > [Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/like-a-word-on-a-page-that-you-ve-printed-and-read-a-million-times/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/sarah-dessen-110_feels_like-a-word-on-a-page-that-you-ve-printe_2038117.png) > [But I think, personally, that it would be worse to have been alone all that time. Sure, maybe I would have protected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-i-think-personally-that-it-would-be-worse-to-have-been-alone-all/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/sarah-dessen-110_forever_but-i-think-personally-that-it-would-be_1896763.png) > [She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/she-knew-i-could-tell-with-one-glance-one-look-one-simple-instant-it/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/sarah-dessen-110_changed_she-knew-i-could-tell-with-one-glance-on_1226018.png) > [That was the thing: Once, the difference between light and dark had been basic. One was good, one bad. Suddenly, though, things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/that-was-the-thing-once-the-difference-between-light-and-dark-had/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/sarah-dessen-110_blackness_that-was-the-thing-once-the-difference-b_1194154.png) > [“This is a 911?” Adam said as he walked up. “You know you only text that when someone is dead or dying.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/this-is-a-911-adam-said-as-he-walked-up-you-know-you-only-text-that/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/sarah-dessen-110_curly-hair_this-is-a-911-adam-said-as-he-walked-up_125816.jpg) > [There was only so much space between us, not even a real distance if measured in miles or feet or even inches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/there-was-only-so-much-space-between-us-not-even-a-real-distance-if/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/sarah-dessen-110_bigs_there-was-only-so-much-space-between-us_341844.jpg) > [I was woundering what he would say, what word could sum me up right then, when i saw the lights come across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-was-woundering-what-he-would-say-what-word-could-sum-me-up-right/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/sarah-dessen-110_bigs_i-was-woundering-what-he-would-say-what_2429798.jpg) ## Other authors on Scared ## 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/scared/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "9 Scared Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is a 911? You know you only text that when someone is dead or dying. 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