1,310 Quotes by Sarah Dessen

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    I walked over, my eyes scanning Luna Blu, my house, and Dave's. But it was the building behind them, that empty hotel, that had the tiniest light, provided by one word, written in fluorescent paint. Maybe it wasn't what was once there, in real life. But in this one, it said it all: STAY.

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    Every book teaches me something about my process, and they are all challenging in one way or another.

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    A second later, when he looked up at me, we were face to face, and again, even under these circumstances, I was struck by how good looking he was, in that accidental, doesn't-even-know-it kind of way. Which only made it worse. Or better. Or whatever. "Yup", he said, as if there'd been any doubt, "you're in there, all right." "I was warned, too,"I told him, as he stood up. "I just saw that sculpture, and I got distracted." "The sculpture?" He looked at it, then at me. "Oh, right. Because you know it.

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    He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back.

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    It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.

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    Who knew three dots could make such a difference? Like everything else, a love or a wish or whatever, it was all in the way you read it.

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    You know, feeling and action are always linked, one can't exist without the other. It's sort of a hippie thing.-Wes

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    There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.

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