Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
space steps said
Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This." I said. And then I kissed him.
buying crime said
What," I said, "is that a crime here or something? Like only buying one thing at the Gas/Gro?
said
And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.
alive truth-is said
Listen,"Kristy said," the truth is,nothing is guranteed. You know better than anybody." She looked at me hard,making sure I knew what she meant.I did."So don't be afraid.Be alive.
care said fine
Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.
said loud not-sure
It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.
school welcome said
Welcome to adulthood," she said. "It sucks as much as high school.
mean said
How fast were you?" Wes asked me. I said, "Not that fast." "You mean you couldn't... fly?" he said, smiling at me.
said throat heard
I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?" Pass," he said. For a second I was sure I'd heard wrong. "What?" He cleared his throat. "I said, I pass." Why?" He turned his head and looked at me. "Because." Because why?" Because I just do.
awful said childbirth
She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.
lying dont-lie said
I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought.
running wings said
'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'
cupcakes want said
You know," I told him,"if you don't know how to eat a cupcake, that's nothing to be ashamed of." Now he did smile. "I know how to eat a cupcake." "Sure you do." "I do," he said. "I just don't want one of those." "Yeah? Prove it.
said
What do you do when you finally hear everything you've always thought said aloud?