Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.
Sarah DessenSomething had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I felt alive for the first time.
Sarah DessenLike a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.
Sarah Dessen