Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
book school people
I'm incredibly flattered when people tell me that my books helped them through high school. Because of my own experience, the thought that something I wrote might help someone who felt the way I did when I was a teen...that's huge. It awes me.
people answers problem
But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.
life keys locks
Too many locks, not enough keys.
beautiful song stories
funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story
writing school emotional
I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I remember sitting at graduation with all these classmates getting nostalgic and emotional already and all I could think was, "Get me out of here. I never want to see you people again." So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].
long firsts said
It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will.
life death thinking
That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.
grief grieving sorrow
Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.
missing-someone needs worst
The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.
giving willing
You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.
life long fit
But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere.
beautiful self-esteem world
for once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world.
believe eye waiting
I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.
book thinking benefits
I think as a writer one of the benefits is that you can put things that you're interested in into your books. I always have put a lot of food and restaurants because I was a waitress and I love to eat.