Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
Sarah Dessen quotes about
grieving enjoy old-relationship
Who would have thought that grieving an old relationship and enjoying a new one could happen simultaneously, in parallel? Yet another thing you only find out once it's happening to you.
circumstances i-can do-the-best
I just do the best I can under the circumstances.
used fairs
Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.
pushing energy molecules
Even if you couldn't see it beneath the surface, molecules were bonding, energy pushing up slowly, as something worked do hare, all alone to grow.
like-you certain blocked
How it seemed like you could see everything, but certain things were blocked out, hidden.
toxic about-yourself feels
Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.
response decided
So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.
locks next bed
Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.
noble way steps
It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.
underrated
Conciseness is underrated
enough easy persons
It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. Which is a lot to be sure of, but at the same time, not enough.
salad chickens
call it chicken salad