It finally felt like summer. Heavy heat, totally humid, and everything just smelled kind of smoky and thick, as if close to boiling.

—Sarah Dessen in This Lullaby

About Sarah Dessen

Portrait of Sarah Dessen

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 looked up at me and grinned, and again, I felt this strange urge to smile back. And I was not someone who smiled a lot.

—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye

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This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.

—Sarah Dessen in This Lullaby

Never give in to a guy who really pursues you, since they'll just lose interest the moment the chase ends.

—Sarah Dessen in This Lullaby

Sometimes when I saw him, all I wanted to do was tell him everything. The thought would crash over me like a wave, sudden and unexpected.

—Sarah Dessen in Just Listen

Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together.

—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye

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