Sarah Dessen Quotes

But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaki...

You did listen." He sat back, nodding his head. "Okay, then. Now tell me what you really thought.""I...

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and a...

There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me ...

It was great. Freedom even the imagined kind always is.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

Plus there’s the fact,” he went on, making it clear he didn’t need me to reply anyway, “that music i...

So you're always honest," I said."Aren't you?""No," I told him. "I'm not.""Well, that's good to know...

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bit...

Silence is so freaking loud

The worst part was that I had things I wanted to tell my mother, too many to count, but none of them...

She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the th...

I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time....

Anger's not bad," he said. "It's human...

I'd made my choice, though, and I couldn't take it back.

All I'd ever thought I wanted was to be left alone. Until I was.

Everything hurt. I closed my eyes, pressing my cheek to the street, and waited. What for, I didn't k...

This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They don’t jump in on...

Nunca habría sido capaz de decírselo, pero Owen me inspiraba. Las mentiras piadosas que yo decía a d...

Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or w...

The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have th...

If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don’...

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd bet...

a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else ha...

There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other peo...

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw...

As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pret...

The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect.

If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the w...

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Norman picked up a sketch, glanced at it, then put it back down on the table. "I saw Bea Williamson ...

But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.”“You don’t have to assume the worst ab...

Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.

I knew from experience that no matter how much you turn things in your head, trying to make sense of...

for once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world...

Like I, of all people, didn't know better than to lead a total stranger to the point where they coul...

She smiled, pulling the photo a little closer, and I wondered if I should ask her, too, the question...

You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.

But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also lear...

Hey, and for what it's worth? Friends don't leave you alone in the woods. Friends are the ones who c...

It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I...

After the group vet appointment--during which Lyle scratched the vet, the vet tech, and some poor wo...

For me, family means the silent treatment. At any given moment, someone is always not speaking to so...

Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of reg...

I couldn't imagine what it would be like to be one of so many, to have not just parents and siblings...

He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationshi...

What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they we...

I was just stock in the middle, vague and undefined.

These were always the weirdest trips for me, when it was midnight or even later, and we pulled up to...

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or any...

The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictio...

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

Sure, it sucked to be lost, but I'd long ago realized I preferred it to depending on anyone else to ...

it's a lot easier to be lost than found.

There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past.

Isn't that the way everything begins? A night, a love, a once and for all.

Everything in life had its phases, and if you were smart, you learned to appreciate them all. What r...

I don't think anybody ever really knows what's going to happen," he said. "We're all just out here h...

What was it like to be so confident even in your failings that you weren't the least bit bothered wh...

You stop believing in wishes when the only one you want to make can never come true.

For you, I wish for second chances

He had a nice smile. Seeing it, I felt like I’d won a prize, because he was so sparing with them...

The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be any...

You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better...

What you do in your dreams is never your choice. But it made me happy anyway.

You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.

For as long as I could remember, other people had either overshadowed me or left me out in the open,...

You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.

That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are

I was used to being invisible. People rarely saw me, and if they did, they never looked close. I was...

We were there, together, and in the next room I could hear that monitor beeping. Keeping track of an...

There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifti...

If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way

Best Friends. And I thought of what she had done all the millions of times I cried to her, collapsin...

He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.

I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, ... and tried to tell myself he cared abou...

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

A united front announcing a split.

It’s funny how one summer can change everything. It must be something about the heat and the smell o...

She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands f...

With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is t...

The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need ...

I would miss Colby, but it wasn't going anywhere. All the more reason why I should.

If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juice middle, August was suddenly feelin...

You think it's all obvious and straightforward, this world. But really, it's all in who is doing the...

I'm sorry," I heard him say again. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a sudden blur of movemen...

It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends...

Someone who normally moved so slowly, this time, for once, was long gone.

But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits....

It's not that I believe everything happens for a reason, it's just that...I just think that some thi...

Some people, they can't just move on, you know, mourn and cry and be done with it. Or at least seem ...

That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we...

You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging....

I mean, it's impossible to fake anything if you've already seen the other person in a way they'd nev...

To me she said, "It's this stupid gotcha thing, they've been doing it for weeks now. Leaping out at ...

The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking entirely too slowly....

The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affe...

But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endl...

Like maybe it's forever, maybe it's not

He wasn't the type for displays of affection, either verbal or not. He was disgusted by couples that...

Here was a boy who liked flaws, who saw them not as failings but as strengths. Who knew such a perso...