“I was only then, when I knew I was alone, at least for the moment, that I reached under my gown into… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I knew that it wouldn’t last. It was just a moment, a perfect moment, as time stood still and fleetingly everything fell… — 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 big moments with Ethan weren’t, well, big. Instead, it was these tiny increments and gestures that I clung to in order… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So much had happened that morning. Yet it was this image, this moment, that i kept going back to hours later, after… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“He glanced over at me. 'Scared? Of Reggie? What, she thinks he might force her to give up caffeine for real or… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“She leaned back against the step, smoothing her hands over her stomach. Though she wasn't showing yet, just in the last week… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Isn't it weird," I said, "the way you remember things, when someone's gone?" What do you mean?" I ate another piece of… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Life isn't only about the big moments whether they be good or bad. Maybe it’s about the small things that stretch out… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“I know there were no guaratnees. No way of knowing what came next for me, or him, or anything. Some things dont… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“There were so many places in my time with Rogerson that I wished I could go back to, hitting the stop button… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Yes, it sucked getting dumped. But wasn't it better to just be brutally honest? To admit that your feeling for someone is… — 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
