Quotes from Sarah Dessen

There are just moments when you look up from any one place and realize, suddenly, you have no idea how you got there.

There are worse addictions than reality TV, chocolate and coffee.

Tu pasado siempre es tu pasado. Aun si lo olvidas, te recuerda.

Isn't it weird? The way you remember things when it's gone.

You don't know that. He made a face, doubting this. You don't. You have your whole life ahead of you. Maybe, he said. But even that's not long to be the person she deserves.

What you do in your dreams is never your choice.

I don't think I like you." "A common reaction," he replied. "I'll win you over. Eventually." She

I don't want everything to change.

Nunca habría sido capaz de decírselo, pero Owen me inspiraba. Las mentiras piadosas que yo decía a diario, las cosas que me guardaba, cada vez que no era sincera del todo... ahora me daba cuenta de eso. También era consciente de lo bien que me sentía al ser capaz de decirle a alguien lo que pensaba de veras. Aunque solo fuera sobre música.

Even if you do make tons of new friends," I told him, "try not to forget where you came from, okay?

I hoped this was true. Even if it wasn"t, all I could do was hand over what I could, with the hope of something in return. But of course, this was easier said than done.

It took a lot of work to be perfect.

It's all about you, Colie. She touched one finger to her temple, tap tap tap. Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine. There is something infectious about confidence. And for that one moment, with my eyebrows burning and my eyes watering, I believed. And good hair never hurt either.

I turned and looked into the gas station, where Wes was now paying, as the man who'd driven us looked on. That's too bad, I said. It's okay, though, she assured me. Someday I'll show you an extraordinary boy, Macy. They do exist. You just have to believe me. Don't worry, I said. I do.

closed my eyes and listened. It was like music I'd heard all my life, even more than This Lullaby. All those keystrokes, all those letters, so many words. I brushed my fingers over the beads and watched as her image rippled, like it was on water, breaking apart gently and shimmering before becoming whole again.

For whatever reason - time, circumstance, distance- he wasn't able to give it to me himself. But he did give me Benji, and I would be forever grateful. With love like that, you can't get picky about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.

The lizard stared up at us, and we stared back, taking each other in. He was little and defenseless, I felt sorry for him already. This was a screwed-up place he'd just come into. But he didn't have to know that. Not yet, anyway. There in that room, where it was hot and cramped, the world probably still seemed small enough to manage.

A united front announcing a split.

I'm really interested in the idea of anomynity and familiarity. And sunglasses, you know, are so indicatitve of that. I mean, they're worn by some people to hide themselves. But they're also a fashion statement, meant to be noticed. So there's a dichotomy there.

Eyes closed, I saw only the blackness, reminding me of this one thing, the most deep of my secrets; eyes open, there was only the world that didn't know it, bright, inescapable, and somehow, still there.

We would probably never be the way we had been again, but at least we were all together.

Life's too short to worry about the little things. Enjoy what you have today, not what you might get tomorrow

Isabel had hated me on sight, and not because I was fat. Just because she could.

Everyone had a forever.