Sarah Dessen Quotes

“To me she said, "It's this stupid gotcha thing, they've been doing it for weeks now. Leaping out at each other and us, scaring the hell out of everyone.""It's a game of wits," Bert said to me."Half-wits," Kristy added.”

“To me she said, "It's this stupid gotcha thing, they've been doing it for weeks now. Leaping out at each other and us, scaring the hell out of everyone.""It's a game of wits," Bert said to me."Half-wits," Kristy added.”

“My mother always wanted to be an actress. She was an extra in movies and stuff. I have a feeling this is the classic story: The mother wants to be an actress, and the child ends up doing it. But it was never a jealousy thing between us. It was like - well, I was making my mom happy.”

“Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.”

“I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work.”

“When people are reading a book, it's a personal thing. They're reading it; it's in their own mind; it's in their own personal space when they're reading it.”

“The Clowns were Hungry. They did not want to wait to be fed. But when they sated there hunger, they wanted it to be in the right way, for the right reasons. They could wait . The Grace Keepers”

“Word count doesn't tell me when a story ends, my characters will tell me.”

“Steep fall to the groundshatteringlike clay pigeons missed by bad shotsand unsteady hands.”

“You are the poemthat sticks in my throatteaching me to whisperwith the voice of my heart.”

“I can't love anymore.Except for you...I love you so much it hurts to breathe.”