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Words Quotes by Sarah Dessen
- Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.
- I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn't always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be risker,…
- This Lullaby is only a few words, a simple run of chords, quiet here in this spare room, but you can hear it, hear it,…
- Their words, like the music, had the potential to be endless.
- 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…
- I wasn't sure what I expected her to do or say to this. It was all new to me from that second on. But clearly,…
- Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging on just these…
- It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' she said slowly, and now it was as if she…
- 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…
- He's very nice. He's something I replied. She considered this zipping her purse shut. Then she said Well everyone is. Everyone is Something. For some…
- I wanted to tell him so. Find the right words, string them together in the ideal way, knowing that here they would have the best…
- But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.
- That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we…
- closed my eyes and listened. It was like music I'd heard all my life, even more than "This Lullaby." All those keystrokes, all those letters,…
- As if he was beating me to the punch, his words living forever, while I was left speechless, no rebuttal, no words left to say.
- But it was too early to know: there were always more pages to go, more words to be written, before the story was over.
- It wasn't until Kiffney-Brown, when I met Jason Talbot, that I really thought I might actually have one of those boyfriend kind of stories to…
More Words Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila