Sarah Dessen Quotes - Page 23

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• You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

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  Freak, Lovers, Fighter

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.118, Penguin

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• In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.

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  Matter, Lock And Key, Ends

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.259, Penguin

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• I'd been running for years: there was nothing scarier, to me, than to just be still with someone. And yet, there on that dark road, going home, I was.

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  Running, Home, Dark

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.170, Penguin

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• It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.

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  Song, People, Tunes

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.79, Penguin

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• And don't change for a guy, ever," Leah added. "If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are.

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  Guy, Way, Like You

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.129, Penguin

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• That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence.' Clowns.

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  Regret, Real, Mean

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• But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance.

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  Fate, Important, Another Chance

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.245, Penguin

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• That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.

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  Forever, Different, Truth About Forever

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.265, Penguin

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• "What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't know." Rogerson did," I told her. "Rogerson knew everything."

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  Eye, Pygmalion, Names

  Sarah Dessen (2000). “Dreamland: A Novel”, Viking Childrens Books

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• Well, it's New Year's now but I don't feel that way anymore. I wonder if you do either. Something's happening to me. It's like I'm shrinking smaller and smaller and I can't stp it. There's just os much wrong that I can't imagine the shame in admitting even the tiniest part of it. When you left it was like there was this huge gap to fill, but instead of spreading wide enough to do it I just fell right in, and I'm still falling. Like I'm half-asleep, and I can't wake up, can't wake up.

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  New Year, Fall, Years

  "Dreamland". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2000.

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• I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the tips of my fingers: the sand from Commons Park. Oh Cass, I thought. I miss you so, so much.

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  Hands, Missing, Pockets

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• You know, feeling and action are always linked, one can't exist without the other. It's sort of a hippie thing.

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  Hippie, Feelings, Action

  "The Truth About Forever". Book by Sarah Dessen, 2004.

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• An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn't really stop, even in a single image. I t just feels that way.

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  Way, Empty, Passing It

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.239, Penguin

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• And that was as far as he got before i heard it. The thumping of footsteps, running up the lawn toward me: It seemed like I could hear it through the grass, like leaning your ear to a railroad track and feeling the train coming, miles away. As the noise got closer I could hear ragged breaths, and then a voice. It was my mother.

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  Mother, Running, Voice

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.216, Penguin

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• Everything always gets crazy at the end. You just have to keep going, regardless of how awful it gets. So that's what I do.

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  Crazy, Awful, Ends

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “The Truth About Forever”, p.285, Penguin UK

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• I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.

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  Challenges, Ifs

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.227, Penguin

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• And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.

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  Dad, Firsts, Steps

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “The Truth About Forever”, p.255, Penguin UK

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• Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment.

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  Flower, Apology, Giving

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.148, Penguin

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• Please. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.

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  Girl, Boys, Ordinary

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.90, Penguin

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• So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.

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  Response, Decided

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.61, Penguin

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• Hey, think fast!' I just looked at Fave as he chucked the basketball at me with possibly the worst overhand throw I'd ever seen. It landed to my far right, then bounced past me, banging against my dad's truck. 'Do you have a vision problem of something?' I asked him. 'Just keeping you on your toes,' he replied

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  Basketball, Dad, Past

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• So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.

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  Should, Prove, Knows

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.30, Penguin

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• But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right.

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  Life, Adversity, Perfect

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.69, Penguin

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• She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know.

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  Hurt, Games, Next

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.320, Penguin

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

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  Wings, Doe

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