Are those the only options? Nothing or forever?

— Sarah Dessen

As for me, I was just trying to get it right, whatever that means. But now I finally felt I was on my way. Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began at this moment, with Was, in a kiss that took my breath away, then gave it back - leaving me astounded, amazed and most of all, alive.

— Sarah Dessen

As I rolled over, stretching out, my only thought was to go back to the dream I'd been having, which I couldn't remember, other than that it had been good, in that distant, hopeful way unreal things can be.

— Sarah Dessen

As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too. And that, for once, I was part of this hidden language of laughter and silliness and girls that was, somehow, friendship.

— Sarah Dessen

As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real

— Sarah Dessen

A song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pretty amazing, when you actually think about it.

— Sarah Dessen

A united front announcing a split.

— Sarah Dessen

Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can't fully understand.

— Sarah Dessen

Because you can never go from going out to being friends, just like that. It's a lie. It's just something that people say they'll do to take the permanence out of a breakup. And someone always takes it to mean more than it does, and then is hurt even more when, inevitably, said ‘friendly' relationship is still a major step down from the previous relationship, and it's like breaking up all over again. But messier.

— Sarah Dessen

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.

— Sarah Dessen