Quotes from book
That Summer
That Summer is Sarah Dessen's first novel, published in 1996. This novel and Dessen's Someone Like You are the basis for the film How to Deal.
Source: That Summer (1996)
Context: Maybe not, she said as we came to the car. But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it ends. The first boy is always the hardest to get over, Haven. It's just the way the world works.
“Some things you don't have to tell. Some things, between sisters, are understood.”
Source: That Summer
“It was just perfect, just right all at once.”
Source: That Summer (1996)
