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Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 8

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Watching him, I thought, not for the first time that night, that maybe it should have felt strange to be with him, here, now. And yet it didn’t, at all. That was one of the things about the night. Stuff that would be

Watching him, I thought, not for the first time that night, that maybe it should have felt strange to be with him, here, now. And yet it didn’t, at all. That was one of the things about the night. Stuff that would be weird in the bright light of day just wasn’t so much once you passed a certain hour. It was like the dark just evened it all out somehow.

Dark, Night, Light

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.115, Penguin

You didn't fail. You just opted out. There's a difference.

Differences, Failing

Needing was so easy: it came naturally, like breathing. Being needed by someone else, though, that was the hard part. But as with giving help and accepting it, we had to do both to be made complete-like links overlapping to form a chain, or a lock finding the right key.

Keys, Breathing, Giving

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.268, Penguin

It's harder that in looks," I told him when I finally got back in the car. "Most things are.

Car, Looks, Harder

We laughed ourselves silly, taking back our shared past, gently, piece by piece.

Silly, Past, Pieces

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.230, Penguin

It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.

People, Sometimes, Losing Yourself

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.20, Penguin

But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.

Past, Chance, This Life

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

Events conspired to bring you back to where you'd been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential.

Differences, Events, Made

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

Once, this had been the life I’d wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn’t believe that there had been a time when this kind of monotony and silence, this most narrow of existences, had been preferable. Then again, once, I’d never known anything else.

Believe, Silence, Kind

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.217, Penguin

Here was a boy who liked flaws, who saw them not as failings but as strengths. Who knew such a person could exist, or what would have happened if we'd found each other under different circumstances? Maybe in a perfect world. But not in this one.

Boys, Perfect, Different

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.139, Penguin

Okay, so if that's not real, what is? What counts, to you?" He thought for a second, then said, "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." I wasn't sure what answer I'd expected. But this wasn't it. For a second, I just sat there, letting it sink in. "You know," I said finally, "saying stuff like that would make girls even crazier for you. Now you're cuteand somewhat more attainable. If you were appealing before, now you're off the charts.

Girl, Real, Mean

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

Life has a way of disregarding even your best intentions.

Way, Intention, Best Intentions

That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He just looked at me. "The world," he said, gesturing all around us, as if this party, this deck encompassed it all. "The universe. There's just no way. And why would you want everything to be perfect, anyway?" "I don't want everything to be perfect," I said. Just me, I thought. Somehow. "I just want—

Party, Voice, Perfect

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.139, Penguin

I was so scared about being discovered, but nobody came. Nobody heard. In my own ears, though, my sobs sounded primal and scary, like something I would have turned off if I'd been able to.

Scary, Ears, Able

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.316, Penguin

Obviously it won't all run smoothly. But it's important to awknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn fromt them.

Running, Mistake, Long

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.79, Penguin

You don't have to make things harder then they have to be just to prove a point.

Harder, Prove

"Lock and Key". Book by Sarah Dessen, April 22, 2008.

There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back.

Tired, Past, Burden

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.131, Penguin

Maybe my sister and I shared more than we thought. We were both waiting and wishing for something we couldn't completely control: I wanted to be alone, and she the total opposite. It was weird, really, to have something so contrary in common. But at least it was something.

Opposites, Waiting, Wish

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.98, Penguin

Eventually, it wasn't even your dad I wanted, just anybody. Anybody at all.

Dad, Your Dad, Wanted

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

You knew the truth all along, Colie. That's all matters. You knew.

Matter

Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.201, Penguin

It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.

Matter, Like Me

Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.190, Penguin

I bet you can't eat ten bananas!" "I bet you're right.

Bananas, Ten

I tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted, doling out bits and pieces of who I was. But that only works out for so long. Eventually, even the smallest fragments can't help but, make a whole.

Long, Work Out, Pieces

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.93, Penguin

It's still a memory worth having, even if it's not exactly what you imagined.

Memories, Stills, Ifs

Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.253, 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. He stuck out his hand. 'Come on, slugger. Walk with me. You know you want to.' And the thing was, despite everything I knew-that it was a mistake, that he was different from the others-I did. How he knew that, I had no idea. But I got up and did it anyway.

Mistake, Hands, Ideas

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