Quotes by Sarah Dessen

“Too many locks, not enough keys.”

“Plus theres the fact, he went on, making it clear he didnt need me to reply anyway, that music is a total constant. Thats why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a so...”

“I felt tears prick my eyes as I looked down at the model again, looking at that girl and boy on the curb. Forever in that place, together.”

“It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all goo...”

“Look, he said, the point is theres no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So youre left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst.If you expect the wo...”

“I don't think anybody ever really knows what's going to happen," he said. "We're all just out here hoping for the best.”

“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”

“Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jai...”

“Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.-Maggie”

“Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.”

“You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.”

“I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I d...”

“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 pret...”

“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...”

“So you're always honest," I said."Aren't you?""No," I told him. "I'm not.""Well, that's good to know, I guess.""I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I mea...”

“Macy: In Truth, I said, there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.Wes: How do you win? he askedMacy: That, I said, is such a boy question.”

“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”

“But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.”

“That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.”

“I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.”