1,310 Quotes by Sarah Dessen

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

I trailed off and he didn’t push me to finish. I was finding that I liked that.

But you take what you get in this world. What else can you do?

I think if you’re going to show a true representation of any one life, it can’t be about any one thing. I try to see more of a full picture, with the romance just a single part.

He’d always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything.

So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn’t even budge.

As far as I was concerned, we’d come to a draw: I hadn’t wanted to come, and she didn’t want me to leave. We were even. But I knew my mother wouldn’t see it that way. Lately, we didn’t seem to see anything the same.

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won’t let me sell a crappy book, even if I want to.

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