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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 24

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In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.

In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.

Matter, Lock And Key, Ends

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.259, Penguin

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

Freak, Lovers, Fighter

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.118, Penguin

But I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.

Goodbye, Blessed, Farewell

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.10, Penguin

Whenever something great happens, you’re always kind of poised for the universe to correct itself.

Kind, Lock And Key, Happens

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.251, Penguin

Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can’t fully understand.

Believe, Hard

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.228, Penguin

Told you. Everything sounds better in the car wash.

Car, Sound, Car Wash

Sarah Dessen (2006). “Just Listen: A Novel”, Viking Childrens Books

It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.

Choices, Blame, Ifs

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.124, Penguin

If you were dead," Owen told her, "you'd have bigger problems than what you were wearing.

Problem, Bigger Problems, Bigger

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.103, Penguin

Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.

Used, Fairs

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.101, Penguin

I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all.

Want, Happened

I wasn't ready for this, but then I probably never would be, and this year, like so much else, wouldn't wait. I had no choice but to get out of my car, with everyone watching and begin in earnest, alone. So I did

Years, Car, Choices

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.4, Penguin

She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive.

Self, Talking, Shells

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.33, Penguin

Now I felt like I was drifting, sucked down by an undertow, and too far out to swim back to the shore.

Swim, Drifting, Dreamland

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.167, Penguin

I couldn't tell her. I couldn't tell anyone. As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real.

Real, Long

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

She took the sun when it came and the rain the same way.

Rain, Way, Sun

For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break.

Two, Giving, Rubber

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.212, Penguin

It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.

Two, Pieces, Paper

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.96, Penguin

It's a funny feeling, being suddenly airborne. Just as you realize it, it's over, and you're sinking.

Feelings, Realizing, Sinking

No," I snapped. "I mean, no. I'm answering. I'm just collecting my response." Another few seconds passed. Is there a time limit for this?" he asked. I shot him a look. "Just wondering.

Mean, Looks, Limits

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.125, Penguin

But anyone can begin. It was the part with all the promise, the potential, the things I loved. More and more, though, I was finding myself wanting to find out what happened in the end.

Promise, Finding Myself, Ends

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.158, Penguin

Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together.

Home, People, House

"What Happened To Goodbye". Book by Sarah Dessen, May 10, 2011.

Mayonnaise is a lot like men, it can make everything much better, adding flavor and ease to your life. Or, it can just be sticky and gross and make you nauseous"- "Keeping the Moon

Moon, Men, Flavor

But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.

Stories, Middle

Sarah Dessen (2006). “Just Listen: A Novel”, Viking Childrens Books

It hadn't even occured to me that somebody would believe mine.

Believe, Mines

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.302, Penguin

This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't see it at first glance. It was fake on the outside, but so true within. You only had to look, really look to tell.

Real, Fake, Looks

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.250, Penguin

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