my favorite quotes by Sarah Dessen
"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."
"When it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs."
"I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast. There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is."
"I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed."
"No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot."
"Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you."
"Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. If anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear."
"Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise."
"I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them."
"The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote."
"You can't make any one person your world. The trick is to take what each can give you and build a world from it."
"I just thought to my self, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together."
"Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference."
"She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know."
"Relationships don't always make sense, especially from the outside."
"When it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs."
"I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast. There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is."
"I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed."
"No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot."
"Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you."
"Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. If anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear."
"Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise."
"I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them."
"The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote."
"You can't make any one person your world. The trick is to take what each can give you and build a world from it."
"I just thought to my self, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together."
"Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference."
"She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know."
"Relationships don't always make sense, especially from the outside."