“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
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
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
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
“There are just moments when you look up from any one place and realize, suddenly, you have no idea how you got… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The past did affect the present and the future, in ways you could see and a million ones you couldn't. Time wasn't… — 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
“Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began in this moment, with Wes, in… — 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
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
“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
The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I hated high school. I was not the greatest student, participated in no activities, and spent most of my time hanging out… — 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
Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you… — 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
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
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
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
“Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I knew it then. For me and her, there wasn’t any time left to think back to that summer and the beach… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The silence wasn't like the ones I'd known lately, though: it wasn't empty as much as chosen. There's a entirely different feel… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“My father’s new life was progressing as planned, one neat step at a time. And I felt it, again, that same feeling… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began in this moment, with Wes, in… — 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
