That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In my group of friends, I was always the one who remembered everything. The stories, the boys my friends and I dated,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. "Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answer. "Clowns," he said. "Clowns."… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think having a good agent is key. I've been with mine for ten years now, and she's very honest with me.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Hey, think fast!' I just looked at Fave as he chucked the basketball at me with possibly the worst overhand throw I'd… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But I think, personally, that it would be worse to have been alone all that time. Sure, maybe I would have protected… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
From what I could see, the hardwood was just fine. Then again, I'd just see a windmill and an open sky, too,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'm just writing what I know. I've never been much of a reader of fantasy, and I think you write what you,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think I'm way too much of a control freak to co-author anything with anyone. I have a hard enough time writing… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Wes wants to be with Macy. And Macy, whether she'll admit it or not, wants to be with Wes. And yet they're… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, 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
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
