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Them Quotes by Sarah Dessen
- So many versions of just one memory, and yet none of them were right or wrong. Instead, they were all pieces. Only when fitted together,…
- What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as…
- which is completely out-of-line behavior. Then you are wholly within your rights to stomp on their foot." "No," Delia said, over her shoulder. "Actually, you're…
- My point is, there are a lot of people in the world. No one ever sees everything the same way you do; it just doesn't…
- With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you.
- Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same…
- There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully…
- Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
- But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted…
- 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 failure. Those who…
- This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They don’t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually…
- Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and spice and everything nice, which encourages them not…
- As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too.…
- Sitting there with them, it was almost hard to remember when I first came to Perkins, so determined to remember to be a one-woman operation…
- He was looking at me, jsut as I'd thought he would be, but like Bert's, his light was not what I expected. No pity, no…
- I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own…
- There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my arm to my…
- I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now.…
- So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even…
- Family isnt about blood relationships, its about the meaning behind them. I relize now that sharing chromosoms is not the only way to having a…
- She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed.,…
- I thought this was a cookout. You know, dogs and burgers, Tater Tots, ambrosia salad" Dexter picked up a box of Twinkies, tossing them into…
- Obviously it won't all run smoothly. But it's important to awknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn…
- If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of it. It's just…
- The worst part was that I had things I wanted to tell my mother, too many to count, but none of them would go down…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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