Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
enough
You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly.
stars shoes risk
Being a star requires risk-taking shoes.
determination work-out trying
If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!
kind persons keeping-the-moon
You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.
running book writing
I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing momentum - and I kind of pull it together at the end, but by then I think it's just all over. It's become almost a running joke among my agent and my editor - I always say that, so they don't take me seriously anymore.
mother june hands
And so we stood there in the kitchen, my mother and I, facing off over everything that had built up since June, when I was willing to hand myself over free and clear. Now I needed her to return it all to me, with the faith that I could make my own way.
missing fresh-start reason-why
I would miss Colby, but it wasn't going anywhere. All the more reason why I should.
How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes.
matter details better-late-than-never
With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.
growing-up long enough
Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to find again.
breakup world weird-things
It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but their entire world as well.
thinking sky feelings
From what I could see, the hardwood was just fine. Then again, I'd just see a windmill and an open sky, too, never feeling the need to conquer either. You think it's all obvious and straightforward, this world. But really, it's all in who is doing the looking.
world different looks
Everything looks different when you're older, not staring up at the world but down upon it.
scare littles ifs
It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death.