Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 21

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• You just looked..." she said, searching for the word, "taken, you know? Plus you hardly reacted to Wes. I mean, you did alittle, but nothing like most girls. It was a little swoon. Not a sa-woon, you know?" I said, "Sa-woon? Oh, come on," she said shaking her head. "Even a blind girl could tell he is amazing.

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  Girl, Taken, Mean

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• What were you two talking about?" she whispered as Wes pulls the door shut. Nothing," I said. "Running." You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon.

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  Running, Doors, Talking

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• 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.

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  Said, Heard, Throat

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• And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air.

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  Air, Knowing, Toes

  "This Lullaby". Book by Neil Gaiman, 2002.

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• Of course it hurts", she grumbled, tipping my head further back. "Life sucks. Get over it

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  Hurt, Life Sucks, Tipping

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.87, Penguin

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• As I rolled over, stretching out, my only thought was to go back to the dream I'd been having, which I couldn't remember, other than that it had been good, in that distant, hopeful way unreal things can be.

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  Dream, Hopeful, Way

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.102, Penguin

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• If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.

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  Hurt, Riding, Enough

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.228, Penguin

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• There's this other half of him I don't know of, it's like he is trying to keep it a secret... if he would just let me inside so I can help.

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  Secret, Trying, Half

  "Lock and Key". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2008.

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• It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.

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  Daughter, Thinking, Matter

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.94, Penguin

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• I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

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  Who I Am, Might, Way

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.171, Penguin

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• All the bitchy girls in the world are just a training ground for what men can do to you.

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  Girl, Men, Training

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.136, Penguin

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• Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you." You said the other day life was long," I shot back. "Which is it?" It's both," she said, shrugging. "It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing." Nothing can be two opposite things at once," I said. "It's impossible." No," she replied, squeezing my hand, "what's impossible is that we actually think it could be anything OTHER than that.

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  Life Is Short, Thinking, Hands

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.98, Penguin

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• The basic fact is that no, this isn't ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push,so to speak.

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  Fate, Giving, Facts

  "Along for the Ride". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2009.

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• It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

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  Noble, Way, Steps

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.214, Penguin

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• Look at it this way: I might be saying you're fat, but at least I'm not punching you in the face.' Are those the only options?' Not always. Just sometimes.

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  Might, Way, Faces

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• An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it would always have the last word.

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  Stories, Pages, Matter

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.175, Penguin

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• But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli

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  Sometimes, Can Do, Loses

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• I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?

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  Disappointment, Mean, People

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.136, Penguin

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• Nothing like being scolded by a hippie.

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  Hippie, Scolded

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• It's so, so stupid what we do to ourselves because we're afraid. It's so stupid.

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  Stupid

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.110, Penguin

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• There were so many people, so much to navigate, and as the distance fluctuated between us his hand kept slipping, down my arm to my wrist. And maybe he was going to let go as people pressed in on all sides, but all I could think was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of. So as I felt his fingers loosening around my wrist, I just wrapped my own around them, right, and held on

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  Letting Go, Distance, Thinking

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• Why does she have wings?' So she can fly.

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  Wings, Doe

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• It's harder that in looks," I told him when I finally got back in the car. "Most things are.

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  Car, Looks, Harder

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• Some things don't last forever, but some things do.

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  Forever, Lasts, This Lullaby

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.231, Penguin

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• If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.

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  Moving, Connections, Use

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.121, Penguin

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