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
Watching him, I thought, not for the first time that night, that maybe it should have felt strange to be with him,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I… — 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
There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time looking at that picture. Wondering what I’d think of that girl, if I was someone else,… — 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
Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting… — 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
“there were no such things as absolutes, not in life or in people. it was day by day, if not moment by… — sarah dessen Copy Share Image
“For me, family means the silent treatment. At any given moment, someone is always not speaking to someone else.' Really,' I said.… — 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
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
“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
“One week, one strong. One scared, one bold. I was beginning to understand though, that there were no such things as absolutes,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“That's my point. That's why we can't forget. No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the… — 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
“There were so many times during those years, though, as we moved from one house to another, that I would find myself… — 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
Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier. — 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
“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
“What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In high school, I was lucky enough to have a big group of girlfriends that have really inspired a lot of the… — 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
