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Don't think or judge, just listen.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Listen
Inspirational
Think
Thinking
Judge
Judging

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Remy: Did you really believe, that first day, that we were meant to be together? Dexter: You're here, aren't you?
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With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.
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Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.
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Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.
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It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.
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The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you might not see.
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And to know me, as you have discovered, is to love me.
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It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.
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But as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you.
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I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something else: a collection of short stories, or writing about something other than high school. A lot has happened to me since I was eighteen.
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Best Friends. And I thought of what she had done all the millions of times I cried to her, collapsing at even the slightest wounding of my heart or pride. So I reached over and pulled her to me, wrapping my arms around her, and held my best friend close, returning so many favors all at once.
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So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad.
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I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never have any time to write.
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Never would forever, with all its meanings, be so clear and distinct as in the true, guaranteed end of the world.
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In school, writing was the only thing that really came naturally to me, but it wasn't until college that I realized that I could do it for more than just fun.
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…You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know?
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It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.
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Sometimes love can be an ugly thing.
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I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.
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If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of it. It's just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.
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