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
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.
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.
I just do the best I can under the circumstances. Sarah Dessen
I just do the best I can under the circumstances.
I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all. Sarah Dessen
I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all.
I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like. Sarah Dessen
I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.
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.
Love is an excuse to put up with the shit that you shouldn't. That's how it gets you. It throws off the scales so that things that should weigh heavily don't seem to. Sarah Dessen
Love is an excuse to put up with the shit that you shouldn't. That's how it gets you. It throws off the scales so that things that should weigh heavily don't seem to.
Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did. Sarah Dessen
Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did.
Love is an excuse to put up with shit that you shouldn't. Sarah Dessen
Love is an excuse to put up with shit that you shouldn't.
But it was too early to know: there were always more pages to go, more words to be written, before the story was over. Sarah Dessen
But it was too early to know: there were always more pages to go, more words to be written, before the story was over.
Maybe marriage, like life, isn't only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things Sarah Dessen
Maybe marriage, like life, isn't only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things
It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do. Sarah Dessen
It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.