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“You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

Source: What Happened to Goodbye

“I didn't trot my pain out to show around. I kept it better hidden than anyone. I did.”

Source: This Lullaby

“But I always worked harder when I was up against something, or when someone assumed I couldn't succeed. That's what drove me, all those nights studying. The fact that so many figured I couldn't do it.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby

“Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.”

Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Source: What Happened to Goodbye

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

Sarah Dessen book The Moon and More

Source: The Moon and More

“Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

Source: Along for the Ride

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

Sarah Dessen Lock and Key

Source: Lock and Key

“Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Variant: She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.
Source: This Lullaby

“Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to find again.”

Sarah Dessen book The Moon and More

Source: The Moon and More

“Fine," he repeated, and I wondered why it was I kept coming back to this, again and again, a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.”

Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever

Source: The Truth About Forever

“Events conspired to bring you back to where you'd been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential.”

Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever

Source: The Truth About Forever

“Did you really believe, that first day, that we were meant to be together?" I asked him.
He looked at me and then said, "You're here, aren't you?”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Variant: Remy: Did you really believe, that first day, that we were meant to be together?

Dexter: You're here, aren't you?
Source: This Lullaby

“Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.”

Sarah Dessen book The Moon and More

Source: The Moon and More

“So I left him there alone to watch history repeat the same events retold again and again on his own.”

Sarah Dessen book Just Listen

Source: Just Listen

“And don't change for a guy, ever," Leah added. "If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are.”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

Source: Along for the Ride

“It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby

“Life isn't only about the big moments whether they be good or bad. Maybe it’s about the small things that stretch out to strengthen the most tenuous bound.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby

“Just because we don’t see eye to eye on everything doesn’t mean we can’t be close.”

Sarah Dessen book Along for the Ride

Source: Along for the Ride

“When you have a kid, you sign on for the whole package: good, bad, everything in between. you can't just dip in and out, picking and choosing the parts you want and quitting when it's not perfect.”

Sarah Dessen book The Moon and More

Source: The Moon and More

“Now I felt like I was drifting, sucked down by an undertow, and too far out to swim back to the shore.”

Sarah Dessen book Dreamland

Source: Dreamland (2000)