Frases de Sarah Dessen

„Tudo o que eu queria era esquecer. Mas mesmo quando eu pensei que tinha, as recordações continuavam emergindo, como pedaços de madeira que bóiam até a superfície depois de um naufrágio.“

—  Sarah Dessen

„Nunca há tempo ou lugar para um verdadeiro amor. Ele acontece por acaso, numa batida do coração, num piscar de olhos.“

—  Sarah Dessen

„A vida é um lugar horrível para não se ter um melhor amigo.“

—  Sarah Dessen

„Você nunca se acostuma com a idéia de perder alguém. Justamente quando pensa ter se reconciliado, ter sido aceito, alguém relembra isso para você, e machuca você novamente, e é revoltante.“

—  Sarah Dessen

„Às vezes parece ser mais seguro manter tudo dentro de nós, onde a única pessoa que pode julgar é você mesmo.“

—  Sarah Dessen

„No, no, no to Tallyho.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro Along for the Ride

Along for the Ride

„Qualquer um pode se esconder. Mas enfrentar as coisas, passar por elas, é o que te faz forte.“

—  Sarah Dessen

„Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Fonte: What Happened to Goodbye

„Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.“

—  Sarah Dessen

Fonte: Someone Like You

„There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro The Truth About Forever

Fonte: The Truth About Forever

„Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.“

—  Sarah Dessen

Variante: This world is an awful/ugly place not to have a best friend.
Fonte: Someone Like You (1998)

„Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro This Lullaby

Fonte: This Lullaby

„Don't think or judge, just listen.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro Just Listen

Fonte: Just Listen

„There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro Just Listen

Fonte: Just Listen

„I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro This Lullaby

Fonte: This Lullaby

„It's just that… I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro The Truth About Forever

Fonte: The Truth About Forever

„Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro Just Listen

Variante: It seemed safer to hold it in, where the only one who could judge was me.
Fonte: Just Listen

„That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.“

—  Sarah Dessen, livro The Truth About Forever

Fonte: The Truth About Forever

„It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.“

—  Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

Fonte: Lock and Key