Sarah Dessen Needs Quotations

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.

Okay. Enough." I got out of the closet, brushing myself off, then turned around to face her. "This is happening. So you need to go downstairs, face your fears, and make the best of it, and everything will be okay." She narrowed her eyes at me. "When did you suddenly become so positive?" "Just get out of there.

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.

When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need.

What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know?

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do -need to do- more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns.

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I want to.

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.