Sarah Dessen: Trending quotes (page 11)

“There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself.”

“I’d done the right thing. I always did. It just would have been nice if someone had noticed.”

“Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it over with.”

“It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.”

“Of course it hurts", she grumbled, tipping my head further back. "Life sucks. Get over it”

“When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart, and the world all so still. And it was this I remembered every other time I was with Marshall.”

“I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.”

“Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?"
He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.”

“See, Colie, it's all about understanding. We're all worth something.”

“It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.”

“Too many locks, not enough keys.”

“That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.”

“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, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns.”

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

“We both know the limits of this relationship. It's understood. And as long as we're both comfortablewith that, nobody get's hurt. It's basic.'
~Oliva, pg 374”

“It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good.-pg 325 Along for the Ride”

“The only trick was never giving more that you were willing to lose.”

“It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.”

“Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't under­stand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids. I didn't care if they sang to me. All I wanted was to block out all the human voices as they called me name again and again, pulling me upward into light, to drown.”