Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
breathing keys giving
Needing was so easy: it came naturally, like breathing. Being needed by someone else, though, that was the hard part. But as with giving help and accepting it, we had to do both to be made complete-like links overlapping to form a chain, or a lock finding the right key.
sometimes knows
Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.
mom thinking waste
With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you.
should-have towns states
Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over.
heart air world
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.
growing-up school thinking
It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think.
upset
That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice.
summer school long
In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.
determination work-out trying
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!
running book writing
I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing momentum - and I kind of pull it together at the end, but by then I think it's just all over. It's become almost a running joke among my agent and my editor - I always say that, so they don't take me seriously anymore.
hiding unfriendly knows
But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.
missing fresh-start reason-why
I would miss Colby, but it wasn't going anywhere. All the more reason why I should.
matter details better-late-than-never
With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.
stars shoes risk
Being a star requires risk-taking shoes.