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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
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I hated high school. I was not the greatest student, participated in no activities, and spent most of my time hanging out in my parking lot.
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We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about.
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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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I just do the best I can under the circumstances.
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Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.
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It's hard to be nice when the rest of the world is so mean.
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Are you crazy? Flirting with Eli Stock in front of Belissa Norwood, in Belissa Norwood’s house, while eating Belissa Norwood’s cupcakes?
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Maybe marriage, like life, is'nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things — like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day — that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond.
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I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know.
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Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.
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This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't see it at first glance. It was fake on the outside, but so true within. You only had to look, really look to tell.
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It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.
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Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.
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Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.
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I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.
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A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was - Mmm-hmmm, Monica murmured, just as Wes came view into the path. He was running, his pace quick and steady. He was in shorts, his shirt off, staring ahead as he passed. His back was tan and gleaming with sweat.
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If there's one thing I've learned in the last few months, it's that sometimes you just have to close your eyes and jump.
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Too many locks, not enough keys.
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So while it seemed like you were seeing everything, you really weren't. Just bits and pieces that looked like a whole.
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Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.
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