1,310 Quotes by Sarah Dessen

I love writing about the summer between high school and college. It's the last gasp of really being a teen.

I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.

I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.

I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the one thing I can always count on to calm me down, take me away and inspire me, all at once.

No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

It's not that I believe everything happens for a reason... I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.

One word could change the whole world.

You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know

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.