Sarah Dessen Quotes About Balance

Quotes about: Balance

• I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.

  Sarah Dessen

  Change, Eye, Scary

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.249, Penguin

• But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon will come back. You need proof. And while you wait, you feel the entire balance of your world just tipping. It's crazy. But when it's over, and it does come back, that's the best, because it's all you want, everything narrows to just that. It's this great rush, like for that one second everything's okay with the world again. It's amazing.

  Sarah Dessen

  Life, Crazy, Moon

  "Keeping the Moon". Book by Sarah Dessen, 1999.

• It’s never something huge that changes the everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you’re busy focusing on the big picture.

  Sarah Dessen

  Balance, Details, Busy

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.24, Penguin

• and I wondered if, in the end, this is how all disputes are settled, with a shared silence as things become equal. You take something from me, I take something from you. We all want balance, one way or another.

  Sarah Dessen

  Silence, Balance, Want

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.240, Penguin

• The worst part was that I had things I wanted to tell my mother, too many to count, but none of them would go down so easy. She'd been through too much, between my siters-I could not add to the weight. So instead, I did my best to balance it out, bit by bit, word by word, story by story, even if none of them were true.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mother, Balance, Add

• I just can't ever be a free spirit and just relax. When it comes to work, this is good. I'm very disciplined, which with writing is often half the battle, or more. But it also means that if I want to, say, play hooky and chocolate and watch Bravo all afternoon, I feel horribly guilty. I wish I could find a nice balance.

  Sarah Dessen

  Nice, Mean, Writing

  Interview with Claire Zulkey, www.wbez.org. January 13, 2012.

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