But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli Sarah Dessen More Quotes by Sarah Dessen More Quotes From Sarah Dessen Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human. Sarah Dessen sorrowgriefgrieving No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together. Sarah Dessen togetherpastworld Too many locks, not enough keys. Sarah Dessen lockskeyslife Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer. Sarah Dessen hurtanswerssometimes Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment. Sarah Dessen connectionsstrongsong The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it. Sarah Dessen missing-someoneworstneeds I like flaws. I think they make things interesting. Sarah Dessen positivitylovelife It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is. Sarah Dessen inspirationallifethinking Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. "Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and I don't want to offend anyone. But I'm going to be honest. I think you've been going about this all wrong." "I'm offended," Dave told her flatly. Sarah Dessen fifteenlooksthinking Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common. Sarah Dessen musicpeacepeople Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. Sarah Dessen my-best-friendoptimisticfriendship It shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder ― or impossible ― to lose. Sarah Dessen fightingstrugglewould-be I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say. Sarah Dessen foreversongpeople Silence is so freaking loud Sarah Dessen loudsilenceinspirational If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go. Sarah Dessen moving-onlet-it-goletting-go Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine. Sarah Dessen strongerself-esteembelieve I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good. Sarah Dessen surprisingmeanway It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it. Sarah Dessen planssaidthinking After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time with your family, and the little....like blow drying your hair, applying concealer, and cursing those magazine inserts. It all counts. It has to. Sarah Dessen falling-in-loveblowhair When he stopped walking and kissed me a few minutes later, it was like time had stopped, with the air, my heart, and the world all so still. And it was this I remembered every other time I was with Marshall. Sarah Dessen airheartworld
