1,310 Quotes by Sarah Dessen

I told you. It was interesting' [Annabel]'Interesting,' he [Owen] said, 'is not a word.''Since when?

He had a nice smile. Seeing it, I felt like I’d won a prize, because he was so sparing with them.

But I didn't. I didn't say anything, if only because I had no idea how to respond to such an overture. If my experience with friends was sparse, what I knew about boys- other than a competitors for grades or class rank- was nonexistent

Too many locks, not enough keys.

Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.

A life isn’t just the pages you know, it’s everything.

Timing clicking together, finally, pieces falling into place.

Suddenly, I was just sure he was going to kiss me. He was there, I could feel his breath, the ground solid beneath us. But then something crossed his face, a thought, a hesitation, and he shifted slightly. Not now. Not yet. It was something I'd done so often - weighing what I could afford to risk, right at that moment - that I recognized it instantly. It was like looking in a mirror.

But anyone can begin. It was the part with all the promise, the potential, the things I loved. More and more, though, I was finding myself wanting to find out what happened in the end..