Quotes by Sarah Dessen

“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So youd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise youll never understand what its saying.”

“I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasnt about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.”

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

“Maybe the truth was, it shouldnt be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. Its the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When somethings difficult to come by, youll do that much more to make sure its even harder--if not impossible--to lose.”

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

“Life shouldnt be about the either/or. Were capable of more than that, you know?”

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

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

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

“Fine, he repeated, and I wondered why it was I kept coming back to this, again and again, a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didnt really care to know the truth.”

“Oh darling, dont be bitter. Its the first instinct of the weak.”

“It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldnt be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. Its the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When somethings difficult to come by, youll do that much more to make sure its even harder -if not impossible- to lose.”

“You know the minute you stop thinking about it, itll happen.”

“You get what you give, but also what youre willing to take.”

“But its important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.”

“If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don’t change because of it. It’s just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.”

“I felt tears prick my eyes as I looked down at the model again, looking at that girl and boy on the curb. Forever in that place, together.”

“Well, its true that I have been hurt in my life. Quite a bit. But its also true that I have loved, and been loved. and that carries a weight of its own. A greater weight, in my opinion. Its like that pie chart we talked about earlier. in the end, Ill look back on my life and see that the greatest piece of it was love. The problems, the divorces, the sadness... those will be there too, but just smaller slivers, tiny pieces.”

“The truth was I knew, after all those flat January days, that I deserved better. I deserved I love yous and kiwi fruits and warriors coming to my door, besotted with love. I deserved pictures of my face in a thousand expressions, and the warmth of a babys kick beneath my hand. I deserved to grow, and to change, to become all the girls I could be over the course of my life, each one better than the last.”

“Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someones bad qualities because they somehow complete you.”