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Us Quotes by Sarah Dessen
- It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or…
- No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the…
- I just thought to my self, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had…
- I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But…
- Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.
- We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.
- The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking entirely too slowly. "Hi," she said, and he nodded…
- He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes…
- I've given lots of people chances," she said suddenly, as if Marion was still in the room to hear us. "But there's only so much…
- I got back in my car, starting the engine, then drove off. It wasn't until I pulled onto the highway that it all really sunk…
- I am the middle sister. The one in between. Not oldest, not youngest, not boldest, not nicest. I am the shade of gray, the glass…
- 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…
- He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never…
- That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He…
- I hoped that Grace would be a little bit of the best of all of us: Scarlett's spirit, and my mother's strength, Marion's determination, and…
- Suddenly, I was just sure he was going to kiss me. He was there, I could feel his breath, the ground solid beneath us. But…
- Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space…
- One open, one closed. It was no wonder that the first image that came to mind when I thought of either of my sisters was…
- Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible
- There was only so much space between us, not even a real distance if measured in miles or feet or even inches, all the things…
More Us Quotes
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle