“We can’t expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it’s a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone”
– Sarah Dessen, “Lock and Key”

#sarah dessen  #quotes  #love  #friend  #lucky  #perspective  

“If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don’t work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!”
– Sarah Dessen (Keeping the Moon)

#sarah dessen  #i love you  #perfect  #quotes  #try  #again  #don't give up  

“But if you never really make friends, you probably don’t have anyone to be your two a.m. Which would kind of suck.”
“Your what?”
“Two a.m.” He swallowed, then said, “You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they’re asleep or it’s cold or you need to be bailed out of jail… They’ll come for you. It’s, like, the highest level of friendship.”
– Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye? (via penningtonelephant)

(Source: movelikeafreeway, via theslayground)

#friends  #description  #perfect  #young adult  #sarah dessen  

#sarah dessen  #teen  #novels  #past  

“I mean, it’s impossible to fake anything if you’ve already seen the other person in a way they’d never choose for you to. You can’t go back from that”
– Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye

#sarah dessen  #writes how i speak  #i relate so much  

“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”
– The Truth About Forever, Sarah Dessen

#sarah dessen  #inspirational  

“When something’s difficult to come by, you’ll do that much more to make sure it’s even harder, if not impossible, to lose.”
– Along for the Ride, Sarah Dessen

#encouragement  #quote  #true  #books  #sarah dessen  

“Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It’s, like, part of you for good.”
– What Happened to Goodbye, Sarah Dessen

#sarah dessen  #quote  #love  #true  

So Far, My Summer Activities Include:

What Happened to Goodbye

Just Listen

Lock and Key

That Summer

Someone Like You

Keeping the Moon

Dreamland

The Truth about Forever

This Lullaby

Along For the Ride

What Happened To Goodbye (again)

Oh, and going to the beach. And sleeping. A lot. 

#sarah dessen  #summer  #i hate finals  #reading  

#sarah dessen  #quotes