Sarah Dessen quotes

Sarah Dessen is an American author renowned for her young adult novels. Her books often explore themes of family, friendship, and personal growth. She has inspired countless readers worldwide with her relatable characters and heartfelt storytelling. Here are 530 of her quotes:

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.

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When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.

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Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.

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Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.

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There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.

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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.

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I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting.

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It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.

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You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop.

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You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you.

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It's funny how someone's perception of you can be formed without you even knowing it.

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I couldn't tell her. I couldn't tell anyone. As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real.

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If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.

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I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous...

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I felt like I'd been swimming so hard, and the water growing warmer and warmer the closer I got to the top. I wasn't there yet, but now I could see the surface, rippling just beyond my fingers.

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For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break.

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Two a. m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a. m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship.”.

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The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote.

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Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie.

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I was worn out, broken: He had taken almost everything. But he'd been all I'd had, all this time. And when the police led him away, I pulled out of the hands of all these loved one, sobbing, screaming, everything hurting, to try and make him stay.

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After everything that happened, how could I miss him? But I did, I did.

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Behind the camera, I was invisible. When I lifted it up to my eye it was like I crawled into the lens, losing myself there. and everything else fell away.

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