Sarah Dessen Quotes
It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.
All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.
Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.
It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.
Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.
Sure, there was no guarantee any of these things would actually happen as he envisioned. But maybe that wasn‟t the point.It was the planning that counted, whether it ever came to fruition or not.
There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.
I think I'm way too much of a control freak to co-author anything with anyone. I have a hard enough time writing with myself! I admire people that can do it, but it's not for me.
I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the one thing I can always count on to calm me down, take me away and inspire me, all at once.
Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.
It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.
You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.
But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.
I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.
Nah," I said. "But if it does, just tell him I said to get back on the bike." "What?" "He'll understand.
And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.
Now I felt like I was drifting, sucked down by an undertow, and too far out to swim back to the shore.
No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.
Fall in love with someone who truly deserves your heart. Not with someone who plays with it.
But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you.
Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.
I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.
There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.
All those clean, fresh starts had made me forget what it was like, until now, to be messy and honest and out of control. To be real.
I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.
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.
Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.
'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'
My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full of books, where reading was encouraged if not required.
He's getting dumped. And he doesn't even know it yet. He's probably eating a cheeseburger or flossing or picking up his dry cleaning, and he has no idea. No inkling.
But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening.
What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know?
Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.
Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?
It sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics.
There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart.
Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.
