Keeping The Moon Quotes

• Being brave and self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside...It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you.

  Sarah Dessen

  Self, Brave, World

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• As impossible, in fact, as keeping the moon... So I looked down the line at all my friends, knowing I would always remember this. And then I turned my gaze back up to the sky, and put my faith in that moon and its return.

  Sarah Dessen

  Moon, Sky, Knowing

  "Keeping the Moon". Book by Sarah Dessen, September 1, 1999.

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• You know, I think I knew you for about three weeks before I ever really saw you smile. And then one day, Morgan said something and you laughed, and I remember thinking it was really cool because it meant something. You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, One Day, Three

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “Last Chance”, p.126, Hachette UK

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• I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

  Sarah Dessen

  Who I Am, Might, Way

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.171, Penguin

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• It's true. It's like the hidden secret that no one tells you. we can all be beautiful girls, Colie. it's so easy. it's like Dorothy clicking her heels to go home. You could do it all along.

  Sarah Dessen

  Beautiful, Girl, Home

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.217, Penguin

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• 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

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• You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.

  Sarah Dessen

  Kind, Persons

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.189, Penguin

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• I'm really interested in the idea of anomynity and familiarity. And sunglasses, you know, are so indicatitve of that. I mean, they're worn by some people to hide themselves. But they're also a fashion statement, meant to be noticed. So there's a dichotomy there.

  Sarah Dessen

  Fashion, Mean, Ideas

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• Mayonnaise is a lot like men, it can make everything much better, adding flavor and ease to your life. Or, it can just be sticky and gross and make you nauseous"- "Keeping the Moon

  Sarah Dessen

  Moon, Men, Flavor

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