Just me and the future, finally together. Now there was a happy ending I could believe in. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier. — 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
There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart. — 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… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I thought of all the times we'd been together, how I kept coming closer, then retreating, while he stayed right where he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was heading off to my new world. But I was taking a part of my past, and the future, along with… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. no matter what else… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
No," I snapped. "I mean, no. I'm answering. I'm just collecting my response." Another few seconds passed. Is there a time limit… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has… — 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… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I was such a smart kid, I should have figured out that the only way to really get my parents’ attention was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Everything in life had its phases, and if you were smart, you learned to appreciate them all. What really mattered, though, were… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I realized all those times I'd felt people stare at me, their faces had been pictures, abstracts. None of them were mirrors,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on… — 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
I don't know," I said. "Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I stood there for a moment, studying each of us, taking in Kirstens's smile, Whitney's haunting gaze, the way my mother cocked… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I mean, when you really think about it music is a great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Once, she'd been a pro at decompressing, loved to sit on the back deck of the beach house in one of our… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Plus there’s the fact,” he went on, making it clear he didn’t need me to reply anyway, “that music is a total… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Mom." I couldn't believe she was doing this again. She was taking this moment, this time when I was strongest, away from… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“When you first get down there, just let her talk,” Caroline said. She’d been unlucky enough to stop in that morning en… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If what you're asking is how I debated whether or not to love her the answer is I didn't. Not at all.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“You can’t measure love by time put in, but the weight of those moments. Some in life are light, like a touch.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?" He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?"… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone would think that an ellipsis represents doubt or anything. I think it's more, you know, hinting at the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If nothing else, now we knew where to find each other, even if only time would tell if either of us would… — 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
