I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell.

—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye

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...

More quotations from Sarah Dessen

I don't like complications. If something's not working… you gotta move on.

—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye

Being too scared to even try it—that's just a waste. I can say I made a lot of mistakes, but I don't regret things. Because at least I didn't spend a life standing outside, wondering what living would be like.

—Sarah Dessen in This Lullaby

It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but their entire world as well.

—Sarah Dessen in The Moon and More

I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes.

—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

No matter how well I thought I was getting to know him, there was always some part of himself he kept hidden: people and places, activities in which I wasn't included.

—Sarah Dessen in Someone Like You

History

13 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell.