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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 6

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When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart, and the world all so still. And it was this I remembered every other time I was with Marshall.

When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart, and the world all so still. And it was this I remembered every other time I was with Marshall.

Heart, Air, World

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.52, Penguin

I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight.

Giving, Firsts, Insight

"Author Interview: Sarah Dessen". Interview with Aine Fey, ainesrealm.blogspot.com. June 6, 2013.

True friendship is a promise you keep forever.

Forever, Promise, True Friendship

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

one word could change the whole world

World, Whole, One Word

It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.

Happiness, Happy, Being Yourself

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.204, Penguin

Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.

Life Is Short, Appreciate, Looks

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

It was just perfect, just right all at once.

Perfect

Sarah Dessen (2004). “That Summer”, p.3, Penguin

"It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will."

Long, Firsts, Said

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

All those clean, fresh starts had made me forget what it was like, until now, to be messy and honest and out of control. To be real.

Real, Fresh Start, Honest

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.143, Penguin UK

There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart.

Heart, World, Quiet

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

But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you.

Giving, Doubt, Benefits

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.174, Penguin

But I saw Blake earlier and he said he and Nate were taking off for an overnight business thing. So..." "... you're just going to jump their fence and their pool," I finished for her. Silence. Then Jamie said, "It's twenty-five degrees! In December! Do you know what this means?" "The apocalypse?

Mean, Silence, Twenties

That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.

Grief, Grieving, Language

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

I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.

Mean, Way, Surprising

Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.155, Penguin

As if it didnt matter what was on, but instead how hard i was listening.

Listening, Matter, Hard

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.241, Penguin

But something, somehow, had made all these paths converge. You couldn't find it on a checklist, or work it into the equation. It just happened.

Path, Made, Checklists

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.222, Penguin

We all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways: the ocean, lapis lazuli, the sky, someone's eyes. Our definitions are as different as we are ourselves.

Ocean, Eye, Blue

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.175, Penguin

There was nothing, nothing to depend on. And why was I surprised?

Depends

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.145, Penguin

Her life was perfect. But as was often the case, the rest of us were still adjusting.

Perfect, Adjusting, Cases

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.88, Penguin

See for me, it’s immediate. Silence is so freaking loud.' This seemed either deep or deeply oxymoronic. I wasn’t sure which.

Silence, Loud, Silence Is

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.147, Penguin

When I pictured myself, it was always like just an outline in a coloring book, with the inside not yet completed. All the standard features were there. but the colors, the zigzags and plaids, the bits and pieces that made up me, Halley, weren't yet in place. Scarlett's vibrant reds and golds helped some, but I was still waiting.

Book, Color, Waiting

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Someone Like You”, p.20, Penguin

Just like that, with one phone call, she was a daughter again.

Daughter, Phones, Phone Calls

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Someone Like You”, p.119, Penguin

I knew this feeling, the 2 a.m. loneliness that I'd practically invented.

Loneliness, Insomnia, Feelings

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.156, Penguin

People don't change. If anything, you get more set in your ways as you get older, not less

People, Way, Don't Change

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.16, Penguin

I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her.

Mother, Strong, Heart

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

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