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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 26

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but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.

but you could also look at it the other way. Like you’re saying no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.

Looks, Matter, Way

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.155, Penguin

It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.

Kind, Sometimes, Harder

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.150, Penguin

Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible

Firsts, Impossible, First Time

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.92, Penguin

During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through.

"Dreamland". Book by Sarah Dessen, September 1, 2000.

So I learned another system: When in doubt, keep it out – out of earshot, out of the house – even if this meant, really, just keeping it in.

House, Doubt, When In Doubt

One open, one closed. It was no wonder that the first image that came to mind when I thought of either of my sisters was a door. With Kirsten, it was the front one to our house, through which she was always coming in or out, usually in mid-sentence, a gaggle of friends trailing behind her. Whitney’s was the one to her bedroom, which she preferred to keep shut between her and the rest of us, always.

Doors, House, Mind

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.388, Penguin

I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.

Real, Unrequited Love, Mean

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.145, Penguin

Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.

Trying, Looks, Like You

Everything hurt. I closed my eyes, pressing my cheek to the street, and waited. What for, I didn't know. To be rescued. Or found. But no one came. All I'd ever thought I wanted was to be left alone. Until I was.

Hurt, Eye, Found

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.332, Penguin

There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my arm to my wrist. And maybe he was going to let go as people pressed in on all sides, but all I could think was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of. So as I felt his fingers loosening around my wrist, I just wrapped my own around them, right, and held on

Letting Go, Distance, Thinking

The basic fact is that no, this isn't ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push,so to speak.

Fate, Giving, Facts

"Along for the Ride". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2009.

I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind.

Filling Up, Space, Empty

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.110, Penguin

You know," I told him,"if you don't know how to eat a cupcake, that's nothing to be ashamed of." Now he did smile. "I know how to eat a cupcake." "Sure you do." "I do," he said. "I just don't want one of those." "Yeah? Prove it.

Cupcakes, Want, Yeah

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.99, Penguin

It was like that part of my life, was just gone. It was almost too easy, for something I once thought had meant everything.

Gone, Easy

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.34, Penguin

[Adam picks up the camera] "I have to get a shot of this." The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person except me raised their hands at once to cover their faces. The accompanying utterances, though, were varied. I heard everything from "Please no" (Maggie), to "Jesus Christ" (Wallace), to "Stop it or die" (I'm assuming it's obvious).

Jesus, Hands, Utterance

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.121, Penguin

This thought was interrupted, suddenly, by a crash from the front entrance. We all looked over just in time to see Adam bending back from the glass, rubbing his arm. "Pull open," Maggie called out. As Leah rolled her eyes, she said, "He never remembers. It's so weird.

Eye, Glasses, Bending

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.130, Penguin

"I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I unlocked the car, "I'm not so sure that you should go by my example." "Why not?" "Because I have my regrets," he said. "Also, I'm a guy. And guys do different stuff." "Like ride bikes?" I said. "No," he replied. "Like have food fights. And break stuff. And set off firecrackers on people's front porches. And..." "Girls can't set off firecrackers on people's front porches?" "They can," he said... "But they're smart enough not to. That's the difference."

Girl, Regret, Smart

"Along for the Ride". Book by Sarah Dessen, June 16, 2009.

You can't act like you care about someone but not let them care about you.

Care, Like You, Cares About Someone

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.241, Penguin

It's hard to be nice when the rest of the world is so mean.

Nice, Mean, Insightful

We can all be beautiful girls.

Beautiful, Girl, Beautiful Girl

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.217, Penguin

But against love, the case was solid. Easily argued. And you could, indeed, hold it in your hand.

Hands, Cases, Against Love

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.209, Penguin

But I think, personally, that it would be worse to have been alone all that time. Sure, maybe I would have protected my heart from some things, but would that really have been better? To hold myself apart because I was too scared that something might no be forever?

Heart, Thinking, Forever

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.180, Penguin

The health of the people I love is all that really matters in this world. Period.

Love Is, People, World

See," he began, leaning back into the booth, "I was at this car dealership today, and I saw this girl. It was an across-a-crowded-room kind of thing. A real moment, you know?" I rolled my eyes. Chloe said, "And this would be Remy?" "Right. Remy," he said, repeating my name with a smile. Then, as if we were happy honeymooners recounting our story for strangers he added, "Do you want to tell the next part?" "No," I said flatly.

Girl, Real, Eye

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.30, Penguin

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.

People, Flow, Life Is

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.58, Penguin

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