Quotes from Sarah Dessen

Sometimes even the ones you want to believe turn out to be liars.

The first step is always the hardest

I knew we were together, at least for now. And right then, while I still could, it was exactly where I wanted to be.

If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud, and try again.

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

It was strange, telling the story from the beginning instead of catching someone up on only the latest awful chapter.

El amor es aguantar malas cualidades de alguien, por que de alguna manera, te completa. -Lissa

Isn't it weird the way you remember things, when someone's gone?

all I could think was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of. So as I felt his fingers loosening around my wrist, I just wrapped my own around them, tight, and held on

I sat quiet, silent, angry, refusing to grieve, because it seemed like to do so would be giving everyone what the wanted.

The big moments with Ethan weren't, well, big. Instead, it was these tiny increments and gestures that I clung to in order to hold on to him.

it's a lot easier to be lost than found.

After loving someone you couldn't depend on, you realize how important it is to trust someone will do what they say.

Perhaps because it was nighttime, when things that might have felt odd in daylight instead seemed just right.

Destinations are overrated, as long as your moving, your going somewhere

The was just not fair. To get a taste of freedom, only to instantly be punished for it.

Life is short Macy, Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you

Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative...not even trying...life's short.

It's about the courage to go for what you want, not just what you think you need. Sometimes, we don't even know what that is.

You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.

But being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.

sometimes even when I know that you're lying, I still almost believe you.

People are not uniform, Emaline. There is no such thing as any other girl.

I would have loved to know how it felt, just once, to have something fall part and see options instead of endings.