Quotes by Sarah Dessen

About Sarah Dessen:

Sarah Dessen is an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie

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

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That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.

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It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good.-pg 325 Along for the Ride

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Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?

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It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.

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...You can't unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know.

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Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.

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It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When...

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It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the so...

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Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?" He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.

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When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need.

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Really, it had been stupid to expect anything anyway. A few late nights does not a habit, or a relationship, make.

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Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside

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You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out.

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School was my solace, and studying let me escape, allowing me to live a thousand vicarious lives.

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Earlier in the summer, I'd found the syllabi to a couple of the courses I was taking at Defriese in the fall, and I'd hunted down a few of the texts at the U bookstore, figuring it couldn't hurt to acquaint myself with the material.

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What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.

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To me, summer has always been about potential. This was especially true when I was in high school. Those 3 or so months between 1 school year and the next always meant change. People got taller or wider or smaller. They broke up or came together, los...

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Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?

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Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.

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Author Bio

  • NameSarah Dessen
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJune 6, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist