Sarah Dessen Quotes

If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.

It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

Can she be divorced? I asked. And famous for her commercials and ideas?

the truth about forever is that it is happening right now

Energy, he said, handing me my burrito.

Outside, the ocean was crashing, waves hitting sand, then pulling back to sea. I thought of everything being washed away, again and again. We make such messes in this life, both accidentally and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are.

Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is.

Are you ever going to show me the painting?"

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

An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it would always have the last word.

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.

What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?

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

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.