As for me, I was just trying to get it right, whatever that means. But now I finally felt I was on… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
But the original was there as well—more jaded and rudimentary, functional rather than romantic. It fit not just the yellow house but… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Clearly, sharing something could take you a long way, or at least to a different place than you'd planned. Like a friendship… — 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
And trying to break it down this way, to minor and major offenses, maybes and what-ifs, was like arguing over the origin… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So I just decided to relax into it, bumpy and crazy as it might be, and try for once to just go… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
On the whole, I think I spent a lot of high school just trying to stay under the radar: I don't think… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I was worn out, broken: He had taken almost everything. But he'd been all I'd had, all this time. And when the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I understood now. This voice, the one that had been trying to get my attention all this time, calling out to me,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Theres this other half of him i dont know of, its like he is trying it keep it a secret.... if he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I had to wonder whether it was possible that this wasn’t already decided for me, and if maybe, just maybe, this was… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Everyone laughed, and just like that, the conversation shifted, jumping to another topic. It was fast and furious, the talking, the emotions,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There's this other half of him I don't know of, it's like he is trying to keep it a secret... if he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I honestly don't have many creative outlets. I'm not crafty - although motherhood has forced me to try to be - and… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
She was so emotional, on the verge of tears. This was what I'd wanted to prevent with all those quick disappearances, the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay? — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a… — 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
