40 Times Sarah Dessen Taught Us The Beauty Of Happiness Hurting And Healing

40 quotes

We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting 

“It was a weird kind of loneliness, feeling that some of my closest friends didn’t actually know I existed.”

“Just because a person isn't talking about something doesn't mean it's not on their mind. Often, in fact, it's why they won't speak of it.”

“Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.”

“You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.”

“If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future.It's all linked together.”

“When you have lost hope, you lost everything.”

“Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did.”

“It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.”

“Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can’t fully understand.”

“Being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.”