1,310 Quotes by Sarah Dessen

It’s like everything just stopped.”“Well, for him it probably did. You know?

Life’s short, you know?”[...] But, suddenly, in that moment, it was like I could feel [Abe]. Sitting in the very seat where I was, riding along with us. Maybe he’s been there the whole time.

Nobody seemed to understand that the only person I could count on not to bring up my dad, not to feel sorry for me, or make The Face -other than my mother- was me.

I don't lie.""You don't lie," I repeated."That's what I said.""Ever.""Nope."Sure you don't, I thought.

But here in the present, my mother and I had no choice but to move ahead. We worked hard, me at school, her at outselling all the other builders. We parted our hair cleanly and stood up straight, greeting company — and the world — with the smiles we practiced in the quiet of our now-too-big dream house full of mirrors that showed the smiles back. But under it all, our grief remained. Sometimes she took more of it, sometimes I did. But always, it was there.

You want me to give her a key?" the guy asked."I want you to give her a possibility," she told him, looking at my necklace again. "And that's what a key represents. An open door, a chance. You know?

When's something difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder- if not impossible- to lose.

You stop believing in wishes when the only one you want to make can never come true.

Isn't that the way everything begins? A night, a love, a once and for all.