Sarah Dessen was born in Evanston, Illinois, on June 6, 1970. Dessen was born to Alan and Cynthia Dessen, both professors at the University of North Carolina. Her only brother is a musician who resides in California w...
Sarah Dessen Inspirational
Sarah Dessen Life
Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. Sarah Dessen
Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
Love needs someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. Sarah Dessen
Love needs someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.
I just do the best I can under the circumstances. Sarah Dessen
I just do the best I can under the circumstances.
Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. Sarah Dessen
Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.
Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words. Sarah Dessen
Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. Sarah Dessen
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.
I mean, to me, freaking out is different. More of a running away, not telling anyone what's wrong, slowly simmering until you burst kind of thing. Sarah Dessen
I mean, to me, freaking out is different. More of a running away, not telling anyone what's wrong, slowly simmering until you burst kind of thing.
You really get to meet people on such a personal level. There's a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you. Sarah Dessen
You really get to meet people on such a personal level. There's a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you.
Don't think or judge, just listen. Sarah Dessen
Don't think or judge, just listen.
There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back. Sarah Dessen
There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back.
It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out. Sarah Dessen
It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.
Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes, people could surprise you. Sarah Dessen
Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never knew. Sometimes, people could surprise you.
