“The Moon & More” by Sarah Dessen - Quodid

Funny how it was only when he was finally right there in front of her that she knew for sure he was already gone.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

It felt like I'd taken everything for granted up until just right now, when suddenly my entire world and all in it became precious and fleeting. I should have paid more attention, soaked it in more. Which you always realize once it's getting too late to do just that.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

There are just moments when you look up from any one place and realize, suddenly, you have no idea how you got there.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

I still got that same little jump in my gut at the sight of him. Like over all those years he'd worn a groove in my heart so deep it would always be there.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

Nothing happens for ages, and then all the changes come at once.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

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Who would have thought that grieving an old relationship and enjoying a new one could happen simultaneously, in parallel? Yet another thing you only find out once it's happening to you.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

More and more lately, we kept hitting each other with these little jabs. Like we were siblings or bickering friends, not a couple supposedly in love.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

You don't know what's out there. If you even had the slightest idea, you'd understand what you're missing.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you. If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

All I could think was that I'd lost something I never really had. And yet, the sadness in finally letting it go was as real as the tears filling and blurring my eyes.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

He seemed to be doing just fine. Which was what I wanted. Because I was fine, too. Right?

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

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But as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

All this time and he could still make my heart jump, just like that first kiss in the fall of freshman year.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

About Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist known for her contributions to young adult fiction. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996, and has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work, and two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.

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