“Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really about...I wished it would last and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Time wasn't a thing you could divide easily; there was no defined middle or beginning or end. I could pretend to leave… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“For whatever reason - time, circumstance, distance- he wasn't able to give it to me himself. But he did give me Benji,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I said, somewhat confused, “What’s the problem?” [Kristy] rolled her eyes. Beside her, Monica said, “Donneven.” “Kristy.” Delia shook her head. “This… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Make your choices well, my mom had said. It was what she thought she hadn't done, what she hoped above everything I'd… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But it was even worse when you knew at that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Once I’m done with a book, I’m done! I’m just not a sequel kind of girl. By the time I’ve finished a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“He wasn't the type for displays of affection, either verbal or not. He was disgusted by couples that made out in the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“What did it take to claim a person, really? One perfect night? A few weeks of phone calls, hundreds of texts, all… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“But now, I was beginning to wonder if you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Family "Even though you're stuck with them, at the same time they're also stuck with you.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
…You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Maybe marriage, like life, is'nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things—like… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
We laughed ourselves silly, taking back our shared past, gently, piece by piece. — 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
Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't see it at first glance. It was fake… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“A wedding is a series of special moments, strung together like beads on a chain. Sure, by themselves, they are lovely, but… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you. — 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
