So," she went on, "it got me thinking about what cost beauty. Or for that matter, what cost anything? Would you trade love for beauty? Or happiness for beauty? Could a gorgeous person with a mean streak be a worthy trade? And if you did make the trade, decide you'd take that beautiful swan and hope it wouldn't turn on you, what would you do if it did?
Sarah DessenI'd been through so much, falling short again and again, and only recently had found a place where who I was, right now, was enough.
Sarah DessenI 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