“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”
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Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews. Her books have been published in over thirty countries and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association for outstanding contribution to young adult literature for her novels: Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, This Lullaby, The Truth about Forever, Just Listen, Along for the Ride, and What Happened to Goodbye. Her newest novel, The Rest of the Story, was released in June 2019. An NC native, she currently lives in Chapel Hill with her family. https://sarahdessen.com/bio/
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“Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”
“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.”
“Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.”
“It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and str...”
“But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you.”
“You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.”
“You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging. 'It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.' Kristy...”
“You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.”
“But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.”
“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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“Nunca habría sido capaz de decírselo, pero Owen me inspiraba. Las mentiras piadosas que yo decía a diario, las cosas que me guardaba, cada vez que no era sincera del todo... ahora me daba cu...”
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“Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky.”
“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 seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities. Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always...”
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“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...”
“Look,” he said, “the point is there’s no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you’re left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst.” If you...”
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“So many things we ask for, hope for, prayers put out into the world so wide: there was no way they could all be answered. But you had to keep asking. If you didn't, nothing even had a chance...”
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