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Lock and Key

A New York Times bestseller Unlock your heart and the rest will follow. Ruby is used to taking care of herself. But now that she’s living with her sister, she’s got her own room, she’s going to a good school, and her f

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Sarah Dessen (12)

“...it's pretty rare to find someone you actually like to be with in this world. There are a lot of annoying people out there.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: People, Human Behavior, People Are Annoying, human actions, Human Arrogance

“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.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Weakness, vulnerability, Equality, strength

“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.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Commitment

“My point is, there are a lot of people in the world. No one ever sees everything the same way you do; it just doesn’t happen. So when you find one person who gets a couple of things, especially if they’re important ones… you might as well hold on to them.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: difference, Uniqueness, Love

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

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Miss you, Needing, H4D-10

“Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Goodbyes, difficult, Leaving

“There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Emptiness, Empty, Alone

“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. For some people, it's love.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Strong, Strength And Courage, Weakness, Love

“He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much either of us had to drink, and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted, as commitments had…”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear Of Commitment

“Needing was so easy: it came naturally, like breathing. Being needed by someone else, though, that was the hard part.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Being Needed

“But sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something. You know?”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, Good Enough

“It takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.”

— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com

Tagged: Change