Sarah Dessen Quotes

There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.

She can be anything, Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. And so can you.

Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.

Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. it doesn't just catch up: it overtakes, blotting out the future, the landscape, the very sky, until there is no path left except that which leads through it, the only one that can ever get you home.

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

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

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

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.

Man," he said. "You are, like, so impatient."

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered — so many locks not enough keys.

She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. Ummm, she said, keeping her eyes on me. I don't know.

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.

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
-Maggie

Are those the only options? Nothing or forever?