And now, you can really start to get over him. If you think about it, this is probably the best thing that could have happened.

—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride

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...

More quotations from Sarah Dessen

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.

—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride

Relationships don't always make sense. Especially from the outside.

—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride

understanding relationships sense

He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

It seemed safer to hold it in, where the only one who could judge was me.

—Sarah Dessen in Just Listen

fear judgement self-contained containment

A song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pretty amazing, when you actually think about it.

—Sarah Dessen in Just Listen

History

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