But after everything I'd been through the last few months, I just couldn't wrap my mind around reaching out to others.

—Sarah Dessen in Lock & Key

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

Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

I wished I'd walked into my mother's open arms the few times she'd tried to pull me close, and pressed my face to her chest, letting my sad heart find solace there. But I hadn't. I wanted to be a help to her, not a burden, so I held back. And after a while, she stopped offering. She thought I was beyond that, when in fact I needed it now more than ever.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

I was tired of hanging on, taking the torn pieces to make something whole with them.

—Sarah Dessen in That Summer

Believe me, I'd go back to the way things were in a minute if I could. But it's just not an option.

—Sarah Dessen in Lock & Key

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I don't think you understand how easy it is to make a mistake that will cost you forever.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

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