Sarah Dessen Quotes About Failing

Quotes about: Failing

• I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.

  Sarah Dessen

  Believe, Eye, Waiting

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “Last Chance”, p.140, Hachette UK

• Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.

  Sarah Dessen

  Failure, Screw Ups, Sometimes

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

• 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.

  Sarah Dessen

  Moving, Connections, Use

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

• Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it over with.

  Sarah Dessen

  Couple, Two, Heathers

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.75, Penguin

• Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?

  Sarah Dessen

  Trying, Alternatives, Looks

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.165, Penguin

• Here was a boy who liked flaws, who saw them not as failings but as strengths. Who knew such a person could exist, or what would have happened if we'd found each other under different circumstances? Maybe in a perfect world. But not in this one.

  Sarah Dessen

  Boys, Perfect, Different

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.139, Penguin

• You didn't fail. You just opted out. There's a difference.

  Sarah Dessen

  Differences, Failing

• That sucks, though," Wes said finally, his voice low. "You're just setting yourself up to fail, because you'll never get everything perfect." "Says who?" He just looked at me. "The world," he said, gesturing all around us, as if this party, this deck encompassed it all. "The universe. There's just no way. And why would you want everything to be perfect, anyway?" "I don't want everything to be perfect," I said. Just me, I thought. Somehow. "I just want—

  Sarah Dessen

  Party, Voice, Perfect

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.139, Penguin

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