I was trying not to think about the distance too much, but it was my hope that no matter what happened, at least we'd always be able to find each other.

—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye

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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...

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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

I'd spent a summer with those same eyes—scared, lost, confused—staring back at me. I would have known them anywhere.

—Sarah Dessen in Just Listen

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

No one likes someone who's all weak and pitiful and needy.

—Sarah Dessen in Lock & Key

If I were you, I'd be glad to be rid of him. Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I hated the distance between us. It left me unsettled, unbalanced. Like the good parts of myself were fading.

—Kristen Simmons in Breaking Point

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The years teach much which the days never know.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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People travel to faraway places to watch in fascination the kind of people they ignore at home.

—Dagobert D. Runes

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Some relationships just don't work out, no matter how bad both parties might want them to. Sometimes time, distance, and circumstances get in the way. And sometimes we have a purpose for our lives that couldn't be fulfilled inside the bounds of that relationship.

—Mandy Hale in but My Luggage Has

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