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During the long stretches of quiet two-lane highway, with the sun setting in the distance, it was somehow easier to say things aloud, and regardless of what was said, we just kept moving toward that horizon.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Sun
Highways
Toward
Regardless
Quiet
Horizon
Easier
Settings
Stretches
Moving
Setting
Lane
Two
Somehow
Aloud
Long
Kept
Highway
Things
Distance
Lanes

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