Sarah Dessen Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.

  Sarah Dessen

  Grief, Grieving, Language

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.70, Penguin

• As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too. And that, for once, I was part of this hidden language of laughter and silliness and girls that was, somehow, friendship.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Laughter, Sight

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.71, Penguin

• I hoped that Grace would be a little bit of the best of all of us: Scarlett's spirit, and my mother's strength, Marion's determination, and Michael's sly humor. I wasn't sure what I could give, not just yet. But I would know when I told her about the comet, years from now, I would know. And I would lean close to her ear, saying the words no one else could hear, explaining it all. The language of solace and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Mother, Determination

  Sarah Dessen (2003). “How to Deal”, Puffin

• The language of solace, and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Language, Ends

  Sarah Dessen (2003). “How to Deal”, Puffin

• It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' she said slowly, and now it was as if she was speaking a language she knew at first I wouldn't understand, the very words, not to mention the concept, being foreign to me. 'Macy, no. It's not.

  Sarah Dessen

  Alive, Firsts, Language

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “The Truth About Forever”, p.125, Penguin UK

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