Sarah Dessen Quotes

After everything that happened, how could I miss him? But I did, I did.

And that was it. All this buildup to a great leap, and I didn't fall or fly. Instead I found myself back on the edge of the cliff, blinking, wondering if I'd ever jumped at all. It's not supposed to be like this.

Remy: Did you really believe, that first day, that we were meant to be together?

Dexter: You're here, aren't you?

No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood. If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right.

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

And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you.

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

I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.

Never would forever, with all its meanings, be so clear and distinct as in the true, guaranteed end of the world.

I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome.

I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.

If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.

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

Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.

And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.” She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”