Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
ugly-things sometimes time-love
Sometimes love can be an ugly thing.
ties sight somewhere-else
I wanted to be somewhere else ... Someplace where the sight of me sobbing would tie me to no one and no one to me.
this-lullaby what-you-love
Love can make up for a lot.
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.
memories perfect cracks
The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you might not see.
writing school trying
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 lot has happened to me since I was eighteen.
house toilets
So it just wasn't in my house. Anywhere, I looked like I knew about the toilet.
scare want needs
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.
running wings said
'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'
school high-school ifs
You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.
kind imagine enlightened
The kind who live for music and are constantly seeking it out, anywhere they can. Who can't imagine a life without it. They're enlightened.
writing wrapping-paper notes
I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.
teenager fearless want
Teenagers are a great audience and they are fearless about asking what they want to know.
forever lasts this-lullaby
Some things don't last forever, but some things do.