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Thinking Quotes by Sarah Dessen

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A writer’s joy lights up a page, showing that having fun makes the story feel real. The quotes also note how doing the right thing can meet a lot of resistance, like pushing a heavy door. They end with a reminder that sometimes you just act without overthinking.

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It wasn’t so much that I was positive. I just wasn’t fully subscribing to such a negative way of thinking anymore.

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It's always been hard to call myself a writer. I think a part of me still thinks it's too good to be…

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Sometimes you dont even want to think aout what people are doing with their groceries.

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Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

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I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

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Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.

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I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.

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You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.

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I don't think anyone would think that an ellipsis represents doubt or anything. I think it's more, you know, hinting at the…

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I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never…

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The thing about Wes," Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, "is that he thinks he can fix anything. And…

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Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I…

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It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and…

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I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best…

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I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage…

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Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and…

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I just stood there, looking at her. My head was spinning, my mouth dry, and all I could think about was that…

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I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so…

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I don't know," I said. "Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even…

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You know, I think I knew you for about three weeks before I ever really saw you smile. And then one day,…

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You know, when you think about it, that’s kind of a weird thing. I mean it’s meant to be sympathetic, right? But…

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So," she went on, "it got me thinking about what cost beauty. Or for that matter, what cost anything? Would you trade…

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I spent a lot of time looking at that picture. Wondering what I’d think of that girl, if I was someone else,…

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I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same…

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So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I…

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So," he said as we turned onto the main road, the muffler rattling, "I've been thinking." "Yeah?" He nodded. "You really need…

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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.…

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Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value…

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Okay, so if that's not real, what is? What counts, to you?" He thought for a second, then said, "I don't know.…

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I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.

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It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.

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It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do…

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So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad.

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But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto…

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I think as a writer one of the benefits is that you can put things that you're interested in into your books.…

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I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just…

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I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be…

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I wasn’t ready to think about the other yet: that it wasn’t that I wasn’t right for Macon, but that maybe he…

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n the dark everyone felt the same: the edges blurred. When I think of myself then, what I was like two years…

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Looking at the pond, all I could think was that it is an incredivle thing, how a whole world can rise from…

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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…

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“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…

I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.