Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
fall ponds raindrops
Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over...
thinking romance trying
I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I try to see more of a full picture, with the romance just a single part.
hurt answers sometimes
Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.
kissing mirrors risk
Suddenly, I was just sure he was going to kiss me. He was there, I could feel his breath, the ground solid beneath us. But then something crossed his face, a thought, a hesitation, and he shifted slightly. Not now. Not yet. It was something I'd done so often - weighing what I could afford to risk, right at that moment - that I recognized it instantly. It was like looking in a mirror.
life people forever
The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.
divorce heartfelt unhappy
It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.
ugly lasts moments
It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.
love heart fate
The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote
needed
It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.
numbers long lines
The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more. you're all good.
girl school hair
When I was in high school, I was always really envious of those girls who seemed to have everything: the perfect hair, perfect clothes, perfect boyfriend, perfect life. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that nobody's life is perfect, and that those girls probably had a lot of the same problems I did.
distance knowing lines
I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.
past remember-you remembers-you
Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.
forever enjoy-life alive
What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.