Quotes by Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon

“If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the pati...”

“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.”

“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...”

“If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget...”

“I knew from experience that no matter how much you turn things in your head, trying to make sense of them, some people just defy all logic.”

“for once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world.”

“Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.”

“The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect.”

“Norman picked up a sketch, glanced at it, then put it back down on the table. "I saw Bea Williamson this morning," he said in a low voice. "Lurking about looking for cut glass." "Oh, of course," Mi...”

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

“There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hu...”