More and more lately, we kept hitting each other with these little jabs. Like we were siblings or bickering friends, not a couple supposedly in love.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

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

I still felt that rush whenever he looked so happy to see me.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

Who would have thought that grieving an old relationship and enjoying a new one could happen simultaneously, in parallel? Yet another thing you only find out once it's happening to you.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

Don't change for a guy, ever. If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are.

—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride

Nothing happens for ages, and then all the changes come at once.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More

time perception change

I mean, the time that we were together wasn't all that great, but I loved him so much. It was just circumstances that kept us apart. But he was, like, everything to me for those two months. Everything.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

History

25 Apr 2015 Added