Sarah Dessen, Along For The Ride Quotes
Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.
Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?
That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.
I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.
You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out.
When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need.
Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.
...You can't unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know.
Really, it had been stupid to expect anything anyway. A few late nights does not a habit, or a relationship, make.
Stuff that would be weird in the bright light of day just wasn't so much once you passed a certain hour.
It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think, ' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.
School was my solace, and studying let me escape, allowing me to live a thousand vicarious lives.
Life is full of screwups, " he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence.
What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.
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.
When's something difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder- if not impossible- to lose.
Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push, so to speak.
Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.-Maggie
Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative.""Which is?""Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?