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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 20

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What do you do when you finally hear everything you've always thought said aloud?

What do you do when you finally hear everything you've always thought said aloud?

Said

Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

Way, Chance, Problem

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.214, Penguin

Looking at the pond, all I could think was that it is an incredivle thing, how a whole world can rise from what seems like nothing at all.

Thinking, Ponds, World

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

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.

Fighting, Thinking, Would Be

Sarah Dessen (1998). “Someone Like You”, Viking Childrens Books

He shook his head. "Some people think that they like music, but they have no idea what it's really about. They're kindding themselves. Then there are people who feel strongly about music, but just aren't listening to the right stuff. They're misguided. And then there are people like me." "People like you," I said. "What kind of people are those?" "The kind who live for music and are constantly seeking it out, anywhere they can. Who can't imagine a life without it. They're enlightened."

Thinking, Ideas, People

"Just Listen". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2006.

As impossible, in fact, as keeping the moon... So I looked down the line at all my friends, knowing I would always remember this. And then I turned my gaze back up to the sky, and put my faith in that moon and its return.

Moon, Sky, Knowing

"Keeping the Moon". Book by Sarah Dessen, September 1, 1999.

The language of solace, and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.

Girl, Language, Ends

Sarah Dessen (2003). “How to Deal”, Puffin

You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,'" he said. "It's that simple.

Simple, Office, Hey

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.231, Penguin

No, no, no to Tallyho.

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.72, Penguin

Call it crazy, or just chicken salad.

Crazy, Salad, Chickens

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.127, Penguin

You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed. - Esther

Tic Tacs, Gum, Esther

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.93, Penguin

What," I said, "is that a crime here or something? Like only buying one thing at the Gas/Gro?

Buying, Crime, Said

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.78, Penguin

Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging on just these things, tiny increments that together build a life. Like words build a story, and what had Ted said? One word can change the entire world.

Differences, Together, Stories

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.221, Penguin

Morning would come before we knew it. It always did. But we still had the night, and for now, we were together, so I just closed my eyes and drank it all in.

Morning, Eye, Night

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.269, Penguin

This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.

Daughter, Home, Left

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.107, Penguin

I was woundering what he would say, what word could sum me up right then, when i saw the lights come across his face, blaringly yellow, and suddenly he was brighter, and brighter, and i asked him what was happening, what was wrong. I remember only that light, so strong it spilled across my shoulders, and lit up his face, and how scared he looked as something big and loud hit my door, sending glass shattering across me, little sparks catching the light like diamonds, as they fell, with me, into the dark.

Strong, Dark, Glasses

Sarah Dessen (2003). “How to Deal”, Puffin

"Which is completely out-of-line behavior. Then you are wholly within your rights to stomp on their foot." "No," Delia said, over her shoulder. "Actually, you're not. Just excuse yourself as politely as possible, and get out of arm's reach." Kristy looked at me, shaking her head. "Stomp them." she said, under her breath. "Really."

Rights, Feet, Lines

"The Truth About Forever". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2004.

Remy: Did you really believe, that first day, that we were meant to be together? Dexter: You're here, aren't you?

Believe, Together, Firsts

Rogerson," I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?" "In the open sea," he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints.

Sea, House, Video

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.115, Penguin

Morris was not the type to offer a hug or even hold your hand. But there was something in his quiet indignation at the universe then--and Luke, now--that was just the kind of comfort I needed. "I'm such a mess," I said. "We're almost off the island and I didn't even ask you where you were going." He shrugged. "No place. Wherever you are.

Islands, Hands, Hug

Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.95, Penguin

Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded.

Mother, Special, Rewards

Some things don't last forever, but some things do.

Forever, Lasts, This Lullaby

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.231, Penguin

That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice.

Upset

Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.17, Penguin

Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now.

Disappointment, Used, Inevitable

Sarah Dessen (2013). “The Moon and More”, p.171, Penguin

And so we stood there in the kitchen, my mother and I, facing off over everything that had built up since June, when I was willing to hand myself over free and clear. Now I needed her to return it all to me, with the faith that I could make my own way.

Mother, June, Hands

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Someone Like You”, p.165, Penguin

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