Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
hurt riding enough
If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.
hands doors way
I always tried to imagine what it would be like to open your door to find something you had given up on. maybe it had seen places you never had, been rerouted and passed through so many strange hands, but still somehow found its way back to you, all before the day even began.
sweat perfect want
It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.
lucky wells ifs
When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.
blood way behinds
Family isnt about blood relationships, its about the meaning behind them. I relize now that sharing chromosoms is not the only way to having a family, its about the friendship behind it.
firefly night world
This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t just a season or a time but a whole world I’d forgotten. I’d never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.
writing want awful
Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.
letting-go distance thinking
There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my arm to my wrist. And maybe he was going to let go as people pressed in on all sides, but 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, right, and held on
daughter thinking matter
It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.
secret trying half
Theres this other half of him i dont know of, its like he is trying it keep it a secret.... if he would just let me inside so i can help
knowing air toes
And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air.
people flow life-is
Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.
should prove felt
So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.
sides steps lucky
No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood. If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right.