You don't have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn't always out to get you.

About 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...

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I closed my eyes, thinking back to summer and cool pool water and long days with nothing to do except go swimming and sleep late.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

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

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

You don't have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn't always out to get you.

About Sarah Dessen

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