Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
commitment easy
I've seen what commitment leads to. Going in is the easy part. It's the ending that sucks! -Remy
forever
Are those the only options? Nothing or forever?
best-love sweet-love love-is
Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.
crazy sailing bumps
But God!Who could live like this , anyway, with the kind of guesswork that was enough to make a person crazy, just sailing along, taking bumps here and there, no course navigated whatsoever, with any big wave capable of just tipping and sinking you entirely. IT was madness, stipidity, and- (then I saw him)
should-have ears faces
You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon.
trying roles stuff
In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a less volatile way.' 'You role-played,' I said, trying to picture this. 'I had to. It was court-ordered.
charming deliberation appeals
Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.
knows either-or capable
Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?
believe boys men
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.
thinking ideas giving
Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and ideas? You never even give me a chance.
hands missing parks
I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the tips of my fingers: the sand from Commons Park. Oh Cass, I thought. I miss you so, so much.
school welcome said
Welcome to adulthood," she said. "It sucks as much as high school.
want easy backwards
Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.
differences way understood
Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did.