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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 16

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Because now, I didn't care what they thought. It wasn't new, this realization that I would never be like them. What was different now was that I was glad. Macy page 199

Because now, I didn't care what they thought. It wasn't new, this realization that I would never be like them. What was different now was that I was glad. Macy page 199

Different, Realization, Care

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

Mean, Eye

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.256, Penguin

Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I felt alive for the first time.

Thinking, Alive, Firsts

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.48, Penguin

He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Someone Like You”, p.162, Penguin

The silence wasn't like the ones I'd known lately, though: it wasn't empty as much as chosen. There's a entirely different feel to quiet when you're with some-one else, and at any moment it could be broken. Like the difference between a pause and an ending.

Differences, Broken, Silence

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.70, Penguin

Okay. Enough." I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. "This is happening. So you need to go downstairs, face your fears, and make the best of it, and everything will be okay." She narrowed her eyes at me. "When did you suddenly become so positive?" "Just get out of there.

Eye, Needs, Faces

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.187, Penguin

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.

Mistake, Forever, Shapes

Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.184, Penguin

She stroked my hair and told me I was beautiful, but I was old enough by then to know not to believe it anymore.

Beautiful, Believe, Hair

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.128, Penguin

Who says there has to be a point?" He asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.

Reason

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.116, Penguin

If nothing else, now we knew where to find each other, even if only time would tell if either of us would ever come looking.

Ifs, Only Time

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.282, Penguin

I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell. Now, my fingers hovered over my track pad, moving the cursor down to his comment section before I stopped myself. What was the point? Anything I said now would only be an afterthought. Elizabeth who goes by her middle name

Goodbye, Moving, Farewell

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.24, Penguin UK

Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay?

Trying, New Friends, Forget

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.249, Penguin

How do you even begin to return to someone, much less convince them to do the same for you? I had no idea. More than ever, though, right then I had to believe the answer would just come to me.

Believe, Ideas, Answers

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.273, Penguin

If this was my instinct talking, I didn‟t want to hear what it was saying.

Talking, Want, Instinct

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.263, Penguin

I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.

Two, People, Enough

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.197, Penguin

Maybe I'd just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing

Knowing, Not Knowing, Better Off

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.247, Penguin

There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.

Levels, Safe, Dangerous

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.231, Penguin

This was always the problem with my mother and me, I suddenly realized. There were so many things we thought we agreed on, but anythign can have two meanings. Like sides of a coin, it just matters how it falls.

Mother, Fall, Two

Sarah Dessen (2008). “The Truth About Forever”, p.198, Penguin UK

Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.

Sometimes, Knows

There was something striking about a single key. It was like a question waiting to be answered, a whole missing a half. Useless on its own, needing something else to be truly defined.

Keys, Waiting, Missing

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.182, Penguin

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.

Fruition, Guarantees, Planning

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.185, Penguin

Some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic.

Broken, Imperfect, Truth About Forever

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.69, Penguin

Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up pageants instead of riding jump bikes with a bunch of grungy boys. I'd always tell her, why can't I do both? Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?

Sports, Girly, Smart

Sarah Dessen (2010). “Along for the Ride”, p.169, Penguin UK

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie

Friendship, Hurt, Honest

But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli

Sometimes, Can Do, Loses

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