All Sarah Dessen Quotes
- You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try Belonged
- It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death. Change
- Everything looks different when you're older, not staring up at the world but down upon it. Down
- Some things you don't have to tell. Some things, between sisters, are understood. Funny
- I spent a lot of time looking at that picture. Wondering what I’d think of that girl, if I was someone else, seeing how easily… Arms
- The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad,… All
- 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. Fate doesn't punch… Chance
- I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movement as he slid… All
- The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you. Count
- It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters. Afters
- When you've never gotten love from someone, you don't know what it might look like if it ever does appear. You look for it in… Any
- So I just decided to relax into it, bumpy and crazy as it might be, and try for once to just go along for the… Along
- And trying to break it down this way, to minor and major offenses, maybes and what-ifs, was like arguing over the origin of cracks in… Anymore
- You need demarcation." "Demarcation?" I asked. "It means a clear separation between two things," he told me. "A solid end before a clean beginning. No… Asked
- But the bottom line is that, as humans, we are by nature selfish creatures. The only way we care about anything, really, is by making… Anything Really
- From what I could see, the hardwood was just fine. Then again, I'd just see a windmill and an open sky, too, never feeling the… All
- It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but their entire world… Breakup
- Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to… Find
- Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now. Best
- We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what… All
- I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to make peace with… All
- The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from… Accountable
- When you have a kid, you sign on for the whole package: good, bad, everything in between. you can't just dip in and out, picking… Bad
- It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so… Counts
- That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice. Funny