I'd done the right thing. I always did. It just would have been nice if someone had noticed.
—Sarah Dessen in Saint Anything
—Sarah Dessen in Saint Anything
Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born in Illinois, Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996. She has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas....
—Sarah Dessen in Keeping the Moon
Self respect. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.
—Sarah Dessen in Keeping the Moon
I'd finally found a place―and maybe even some people―worth holding on to.
—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye
—Sarah Dessen in The Moon & More