Sarah Dessen Quotes

Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.

Only a weak person needed someone else around all the time.

I wondered if he ever thought of me, and hated the pang I felt when I told myself he didn't.

I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere.

"Who says there has to be a point?" He asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do."

Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best or just expect the worst.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it... that's when you get into trouble

And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you.

It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.

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.

My sister, who never understood most of the things I wanted her to, might have been able to understand what had happened to me in this summer of weddings and beginnings. And she was right. The first boy was always the hardest. page 40000