Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
moving-on letting-go let-it-go
If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go.
grief grieving language
That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.
running teacher school
It was like when you're a little kid and you run into your teacher or librarian at the grocery store or Wal-mart and it's just so startling, because it never occurred to you they existed outside of school.
school students hated
I hated high school. I was not the greatest student, participated in no activities, and spent most of my time hanging out in my parking lot.
summer confused eye
She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed., haunted, and sad. Most of all though, they were familiar. The fact that we were in front of hundreds of strangers changed nothing at all. I'd spent a summer with those same eyes-scared, lost, confused-staring back at me. I would have known them anywhere.
loving-someone facts leap-of-faith
I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.
determination work-out trying
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. And again. And again!
editing each-day pages
Editing is hard but nowhere NEAR as tough as facing that blank page and blinking cursor each day. You're all alone and no one else can do it. At least with editing you have someone in the trench with you.
heart world quiet
There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart.
people stories pieces
Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes, people could surprise you.
life mean views
It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.
acceptance tolerance accepting
Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.
perfect sometimes moments
You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.
inspirational judging sometimes
Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.