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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 22

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That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.

That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.

Forever, Different, Truth About Forever

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.265, Penguin

But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance.

Fate, Important, Another Chance

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.245, Penguin

That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence.' Clowns.

Regret, Real, Mean

You, have this whole tall, dark stranger thing going on. Not to mention the tortured artist bit. And you, have that whole blonde cool and collected perfect smart thing going on. You're the boy all the girls want to rebel with. You, are the unattainable girl in homeroom who never gives a guy the time of day.

Girl, Smart, Dark

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

An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn't really stop, even in a single image. I t just feels that way.

Way, Empty, Passing It

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.239, Penguin

You know, feeling and action are always linked, one can't exist without the other. It's sort of a hippie thing.

Hippie, Feelings, Action

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

I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting.

Mean, Thinking, Interesting

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.138, Penguin

"What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't know." Rogerson did," I told her. "Rogerson knew everything."

Eye, Pygmalion, Names

Sarah Dessen (2000). “Dreamland: A Novel”, Viking Childrens Books

And that was as far as he got before i heard it. The thumping of footsteps, running up the lawn toward me: It seemed like I could hear it through the grass, like leaning your ear to a railroad track and feeling the train coming, miles away. As the noise got closer I could hear ragged breaths, and then a voice. It was my mother.

Mother, Running, Voice

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.216, Penguin

Well, it's New Year's now but I don't feel that way anymore. I wonder if you do either. Something's happening to me. It's like I'm shrinking smaller and smaller and I can't stp it. There's just os much wrong that I can't imagine the shame in admitting even the tiniest part of it. When you left it was like there was this huge gap to fill, but instead of spreading wide enough to do it I just fell right in, and I'm still falling. Like I'm half-asleep, and I can't wake up, can't wake up.

New Year, Fall, Years

"Dreamland". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2000.

I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the tips of my fingers: the sand from Commons Park. Oh Cass, I thought. I miss you so, so much.

Hands, Missing, Pockets

Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.

Want, Easy, Backwards

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.179, Penguin

What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both.

Love, Might, Enough

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.113, Penguin

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.

Love, Song, Reason

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.155, Penguin

Sometimes things don't turn out the way you want them to, Haven. Sometimes the people you choose to believe are wrong.

Believe, People, Want

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

Are you crazy? Flirting with Eli Stock in front of Belissa Norwood, in Belissa Norwood’s house, while eating Belissa Norwood’s cupcakes?

Crazy, Flirting, Cupcakes

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.101, Penguin

It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.

Forever, Depends, You Choose

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.98, Penguin

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.

Kind, Imagine, Enlightened

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.96, Penguin

Just because someone's pretty, doesn't mean she's decent.

Mean, Decent

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.138, Penguin

Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.

Toxic, About Yourself, Feels

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.97, Penguin

But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.

Life, Adversity, Perfect

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

But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon will come back. You need proof. And while you wait, you feel the entire balance of your world just tipping. It's crazy. But when it's over, and it does come back, that's the best, because it's all you want, everything narrows to just that. It's this great rush, like for that one second everything's okay with the world again. It's amazing.

Life, Crazy, Moon

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

You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.

School, High School, Ifs

It was always late at night, when everything and everyone else was quiet, that those voices would rise like ghosts, soft and haunting, filling your mind until sleep finally came.

Sleep, Night, Voice

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.101, Penguin

I understood now. This voice, the one that had been trying to get my attention all this time, calling out to me, begging me to hear it - it wasn't Will's. It was mine.

Voice, Trying, Attention

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

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