Sarah Dessen: Thing (page 2)

“Maybe it was true, and being a girl could be about interest rates and skinny jeans, riding bikes and wearing pink. Not about any one thing, but everything.”

“So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge.”

“The basic fact is that no, this isnt ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push, so to speak.
-Heidi”

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

“You know, feeling and action are always linked, one can't exist without the other. It's sort of a hippie thing.-Wes”

“That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own.”

“It was so weird, because usually I was totally nervous talking to guys. But Eli was different. He made me want to say more, not less. Which was maybe not a good thing.”

“It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.”

“That was the thing about being on the inside: the world was just going on, even when it seemed like time for you had stopped for good.”

“Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding… that's where things get sticky.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.”

“I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous…”

“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 wanted them to say.”

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