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
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I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential. Sarah Dessen
I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.
That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own. Sarah Dessen
That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own.
Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. Sarah Dessen
Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances. Sarah Dessen
You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.
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.
You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs. Sarah Dessen
You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.
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.
There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying. Sarah Dessen
There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.
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.
Don't think or judge, just listen. Sarah Dessen
Don't think or judge, just listen.
That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking. Sarah Dessen
That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.