It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.
Sarah DessenI watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her.
Sarah DessenThere's something nice about the silence of a car ride in the dark, going home. When you were tired of the radio and conversation, and it was okay to just be alone with your thoughts and the road ahead. If you're that comfortable with someone, you don't have to talk.
Sarah DessenAre you crazy? Flirting with Eli Stock in front of Belissa Norwood, in Belissa Norwoodโs house, while eating Belissa Norwoodโs cupcakes?
Sarah DessenI am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing momentum - and I kind of pull it together at the end, but by then I think it's just all over. It's become almost a running joke among my agent and my editor - I always say that, so they don't take me seriously anymore.
Sarah Dessen