Quotes by Sarah Dessen
Silence is so freaking loud
- Sarah Dessen
Life is full of screw- ups. You’re supposed to fail sometimes. It’s a required part of the human existence.
- Sarah Dessen
Don’t think or judge, just listen.
- Sarah Dessen
You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.
- Sarah Dessen
I don’t know. Just because someone’s pretty doesn’t mean she’s decent. Or vice versa. I’m not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting.
- Sarah Dessen
Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.
- Sarah Dessen
Relationships don’t always make sense. Especially from the outside.
- Sarah Dessen
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.
- Sarah Dessen
I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.
- Sarah Dessen
Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.
- Sarah Dessen

It’s a lot easier to be lost than found. It’s the reason we’re always searching and rarely discovered – so many locks not enough keys.
- Sarah Dessen
There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.
― Sarah Dessen
Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.
― Sarah Dessen
Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.
― Sarah Dessen
There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you’d better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s saying.
― Sarah Dessen
Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone’s bad qualities because they somehow complete you.
- Sarah Dessen
Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It’s a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.
― Sarah Dessen