Famous Quotes by Sarah Dessen

“Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.”

“The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.”

“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.”

“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”

“I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.”

“Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on.”

“I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.”

“Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.”

“You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.”

“But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.”

“The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.”

“It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.”

“It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.”

“But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.”

“The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.”

“Macy: “In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.”Wes: “How do you win?” he askedMacy: “That,” I said, “is such a boy question.”

“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”

“But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.”

“I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.”

“You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging. 'It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.'Kristy and Macy; p.135”

“Your mother won a special reward, she told me, because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded.”

Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.