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
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.
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.
Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. Sarah Dessen
Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.
All you could do was take on as much weight as you can bear. And if you're lucky, there's someone close enough by to shoulder the rest. Sarah Dessen
All you could do was take on as much weight as you can bear. And if you're lucky, there's someone close enough by to shoulder the rest.
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.
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.
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.
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
Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.
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.
If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean. Sarah Dessen
If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.
Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening. Sarah Dessen
Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening.
The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote. Sarah Dessen
The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote.
