Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessenis an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1970
CityEvanston, IL
goodbye world ships
But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.
space stories rooms
All we had was her room, her stories, and the quiet that settled in as we tried in vain to spread ourselves out and fill the space she'd left behind.
goodbye farewell emotional
She was so emotional, on the verge of tears. This was what I'd wanted to prevent with all those quick disappearances, the tangledness of farewells and all the baggage they brought with them. But now, looking at Deb, I realized what else I'd given up: knowing for sure that someone was going to miss me. What happened to goodbye, Michael in Westcott had written on my Ume.com page. I was pretty sure I knew, now. It had been packed away in a box of its own, trying to be forgotten, until I really needed it. Until now.
stories middle
But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.
used fairs
Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.
problem bigger bigger-problems
If you were dead," Owen told her, "you'd have bigger problems than what you were wearing.
choices blame ifs
It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.
feelings realizing sinking
It's a funny feeling, being suddenly airborne. Just as you realize it, it's over, and you're sinking.
mad people world
People get mad Annabel. Its not the end of the world.
accidents
You punched him by accident.
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.
confused blue frustrated
Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, "sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list." "Such as?" he asked "I don't know," I said, frustrated. "That's the point. It would be out of the blue, taking us by surprise. Something we might not be prepared for." "But we will be prepared," he said, confused. "We'll have the list.
perfect
It took a lot of work to be perfect.