This felt right. Not just leaving, but how I was doing it. Without regret, without second guessing. And with Wes right there, holding the door open for me as I walked out into the light. Sarah Dessen More Quotes by Sarah Dessen More Quotes From Sarah Dessen I just do the best I can under the circumstances. Sarah Dessen do-the-besti-cancircumstances Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another. Sarah Dessen honestyprinciplesfaces Like so many before them, they didn't care that my dad was only the messenger. They still wanted to shoot him. Sarah Dessen messengersdadcare And so, while the rest of the world went on unaware, drinking their coffee, reading the sports page, and picking up their dry cleaning, I leaned forward and kissed Dexter, making a choice that would change everything. Maybe somewhere there was a ripple, a bit of jump, some small shift in the universe, barely noticeable. I didn’t feel it then. I felt only him kissing me back, easing me into the sunlight as I lost myself in the taste of him and felt the world go on, just as it always had, all around us. Sarah Dessen coffeedrinkingsports There was only so much space between us, not even a real distance if measured in miles or feet or even inches, all the things that told you how far you'd come or had left to go. But it was a big space, if only for me. And as I moved forward to him covering it, he waited there on the other side. It was only the last little bit I has to go, but in the end, I knew it would be all I would truly remember. So as I kissed him, bringing this summer and everything else full circle, I let myself fall, and was not scared of the ground I knew would rise up to meet me. Sarah Dessen distancerealsummer I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the one thing I can always count on to calm me down, take me away and inspire me, Sarah Dessen cerealinspirebook I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something else: a collection of short stories, or writing about something other than high school. A Sarah Dessen writingtryingschool So it just wasn't in my house. Anywhere, I looked like I knew about the toilet. Sarah Dessen toiletshouse Teenagers are a great audience and they are fearless about asking what they want to know. Sarah Dessen fearlessteenagerasking The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips. Sarah Dessen knowingheartfall So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad. Sarah Dessen rememberpeoplethinking If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again! Sarah Dessen work-outdeterminationtrying I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a single script is hard. Sarah Dessen scriptsbookthinking Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier. Sarah Dessen writingbookthinking 'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?' Sarah Dessen saidwingsrunning It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do - need to do - more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you. Sarah Dessen scarewantneeds I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known. Sarah Dessen scareyebrowshurt We didn't talk about our scars, the ones you could see and the ones you couldn't. Sarah Dessen scar He doesn’t love me. He might still love me as I was at fifteen, when I didn’t know any better. When I trusted everyone. I’m not that person any more. He’s just a boy. He was the first to really hurt me, but he’s just a boy. There were a lot of them. Sarah Dessen fifteenhurtboys Was it really this easy, once you escaped, to just not care? Sarah Dessen careeasy
