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Sarah Dessen Quote: “An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it would always have the last word.”

251. “An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it would always have the last word.”

— Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “After the group vet appointment – during which Lyle scratched the vet, the vet tech, and some poor woman minding her own business in the waiting room – we went back to Sabrina’s and re-released the cats to their natural habitat.”

252. “After the group vet appointment – during which Lyle scratched the vet, the vet tech, and some poor woman minding her own business in the waiting room – we went back to Sabrina’s and re-released the cats to their natural habitat.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “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.”

253. “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

Sarah Dessen Quote: “I don’t talk about my books while I’m writing them: not even my husband knows what a novel’s about until it’s done.”

254. “I don’t talk about my books while I’m writing them: not even my husband knows what a novel’s about until it’s done.”

— Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote.”

255. “The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “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.”

256. “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

Sarah Dessen Quote: “I just do the best I can under the circumstances.”

257. “I just do the best I can under the circumstances.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “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.”

258. “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

Sarah Dessen Quote: “An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn’t really stop, even in a single image. I t just feels that way.”

259. “An empty frame, in which the picture is always changing, makes a statement about how time is always passing. It doesn’t really stop, even in a single image. I t just feels that way.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “And that was it. All this buildup to a great leap, and I didn’t fall or fly. Instead I found myself back on the edge of the cliff, blinking, wondering if I’d ever jumped at all. It’s not supposed to be like this.”

260. “And that was it. All this buildup to a great leap, and I didn’t fall or fly. Instead I found myself back on the edge of the cliff, blinking, wondering if I’d ever jumped at all. It’s not supposed to be like this.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “There’s a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you. – Rolly.”

261. “There’s a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you. – Rolly.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “Conciseness is underrated.”

262. “Conciseness is underrated.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “Maybe marriage, like life, is’nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it’s all the small things – like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day – that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond.”

263. “Maybe marriage, like life, is’nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it’s all the small things – like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day – that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “In school, writing was the only thing that really came naturally to me, but it wasn’t until college that I realized that I could do it for more than just fun.”

264. “In school, writing was the only thing that really came naturally to me, but it wasn’t until college that I realized that I could do it for more than just fun.”

— Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “No, no, no to Tallyho.”

265. “No, no, no to Tallyho.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “This is personal, she’d said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn’t see it at first glance. It was fake on the outside, but so true within. You only had to look, really look to tell.”

266. “This is personal, she’d said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn’t see it at first glance. It was fake on the outside, but so true within. You only had to look, really look to tell.”

— Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn’t even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both.”

267. “What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn’t even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “See, Colie, it’s all about understanding. We’re all worth something.”

268. “See, Colie, it’s all about understanding. We’re all worth something.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “Again, it occurred to me how weird it was to be permanent in a place that to everyone else was only temporary. Like I could never be sure if they were the ones who weren’t real, or if I was.”

269. “Again, it occurred to me how weird it was to be permanent in a place that to everyone else was only temporary. Like I could never be sure if they were the ones who weren’t real, or if I was.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “My sister, who never understood most of the things I wanted her to, might have been able to understand what had happened to me in this summer of weddings and beginnings. And she was right. The first boy was always the hardest.”

270. “My sister, who never understood most of the things I wanted her to, might have been able to understand what had happened to me in this summer of weddings and beginnings. And she was right. The first boy was always the hardest.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “I tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted, doling out bits and pieces of who I was. But that only works out for so long. Eventually, even the smallest fragments can’t help but, make a whole.”

271. “I tried to hold myself apart, showing only what I wanted, doling out bits and pieces of who I was. But that only works out for so long. Eventually, even the smallest fragments can’t help but, make a whole.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.”

272. “You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “As far as I was concerned, we’d come to a draw: I hadn’t wanted to come, and she didn’t want me to leave. We were even. But I knew my mother wouldn’t see it that way. Lately, we didn’t seem to see anything the same.”

273. “As far as I was concerned, we’d come to a draw: I hadn’t wanted to come, and she didn’t want me to leave. We were even. But I knew my mother wouldn’t see it that way. Lately, we didn’t seem to see anything the same.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “I had stepped into his arms, showing him my raw, broken heart.”

274. “I had stepped into his arms, showing him my raw, broken heart.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “It’s not forever’, she’d said, but to my mother, it might as well have been. She had make her choice, and this was it, where she felt safe, in a world she could, for the most part, control.”

275. “It’s not forever’, she’d said, but to my mother, it might as well have been. She had make her choice, and this was it, where she felt safe, in a world she could, for the most part, control.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “Love can make up for a lot.”

276. “Love can make up for a lot.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.”

277. “None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “You bought me some forks. And knives. And spoons. Because you love me!”

278. “You bought me some forks. And knives. And spoons. Because you love me!”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “It’s never something huge that changes the everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you’re busy focusing on the big picture.”

279. “It’s never something huge that changes the everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you’re busy focusing on the big picture.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “And guys don’t get attached, guys don’t give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That’s why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arm’s length whenever possible.”

280. “And guys don’t get attached, guys don’t give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That’s why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arm’s length whenever possible.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “Maybe I’d just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing.”

281. “Maybe I’d just figured out there were some things you were better off not knowing.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can’t fake, no matter how hard you try.”

282. “You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can’t fake, no matter how hard you try.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “I’ve always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that’s okay. I know I work in my own way.”

283. “I’ve always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that’s okay. I know I work in my own way.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “Sawooon.”

284. “Sawooon.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren’t what people wanted to hear.”

285. “But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren’t what people wanted to hear.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “Fine just fine.”

286. “Fine just fine.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I’d never have any time to write.”

287. “I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I’d never have any time to write.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “Sometimes love can be an ugly thing.”

288. “Sometimes love can be an ugly thing.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “But I’d long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren’t guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.”

289. “But I’d long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren’t guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “Then I’d crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.”

290. “Then I’d crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “I trailed off and he didn’t push me to finish. I was finding that I liked that.”

291. “I trailed off and he didn’t push me to finish. I was finding that I liked that.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is.”

292. “Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “It’s a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.”

293. “It’s a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed., haunted, and sad. Most of all though, they were familiar. The fact that we were in front of hundreds of strangers changed nothing at all. I’d spent a summer with those same eyes-scared, lost, confused-staring back at me. I would have known them anywhere.”

294. “She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed., haunted, and sad. Most of all though, they were familiar. The fact that we were in front of hundreds of strangers changed nothing at all. I’d spent a summer with those same eyes-scared, lost, confused-staring back at me. I would have known them anywhere.”

— Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen Quote: “You can’t make any one person your world. The trick is to take what each can give you and build a world from it.”

295. “You can’t make any one person your world. The trick is to take what each can give you and build a world from it.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “He was the closest thing I’d ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn’t count. You were either in, or you weren’t.”

296. “He was the closest thing I’d ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn’t count. You were either in, or you weren’t.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world.”

297. “Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “In a way, I was almost happy to see her. The worst part of me, out in the flesh. Blinking back at me in the dim light, daring me to call her a name other than my own.”

298. “In a way, I was almost happy to see her. The worst part of me, out in the flesh. Blinking back at me in the dim light, daring me to call her a name other than my own.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “It doesn’t matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.”

299. “It doesn’t matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.”

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Sarah Dessen Quote: “You knew the truth all along, Colie. That’s all matters. You knew.”

300. “You knew the truth all along, Colie. That’s all matters. You knew.”

— Sarah Dessen

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