Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
past world headings
I was heading off to my new world. But I was taking a part of my past, and the future, along with me for the ride.
past should-have secret
This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him alone. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.
tired past burden
There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back.
silly past pieces
We laughed ourselves silly, taking back our shared past, gently, piece by piece.
past way ends
The past did affect the present and the future, in ways you could see and a million ones you couldn't. Time wasn't a thing you could divide easily; there was no defined middle or beginning or end. I could pretend to leave the past behind, but it would not leave me.
inspirational running past
Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.
life past easy
Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.
basketball dad past
Hey, think fast!' I just looked at Fave as he chucked the basketball at me with possibly the worst overhand throw I'd ever seen. It landed to my far right, then bounced past me, banging against my dad's truck. 'Do you have a vision problem of something?' I asked him. 'Just keeping you on your toes,' he replied
past chance this-life
But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.
past together world
No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.
past remember-you remembers-you
Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.
fiction hard tendency weakness
I have a tendency to embellish: I think it's a weakness of fiction writers. Once you know how to make a story better, it's hard not to do it all the time.
illinois remember hills
I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C.
distance night light
From this distance, in the dimness, the model looked surreal, made up of parts filled with buildings, bordered by long stretches of empty space. It reminded me of the way cities and towns look when you are flying at night. You can't make out much. But the places where people have come together, and stayed, are collections of tiny lights, breaking up the darkness.