Truth Quote by Sarah Dessen — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.”

“Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”

“If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don’t change because of it. It’s just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.”

“That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.”

“The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.”

“But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.”

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

“I tell my students, who are concerned with the question of betrayal, that when it comes to memoir, there is no such thing as absolute truth—only the truth that is singularly their own. I say this not to release them from responsibility but to illuminate the subjectivity of our inner lives. One person's experience is not another's.”

“Find me in words”

“I didn't want the sun to rise. I didn't want the world to continue turning. I wanted the whole planet put into stasis until I could catch up.”

“Those who understand history are condemned to watch other idiots repeat it.”