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

“So you're always honest," I said.”

“Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up pageants instead of riding jump bikes with a bunch of grungy boys. I'd always tell her, why can't I do both? Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”

“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”

“Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky.”

“You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.”

“But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them.”

“No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.”

“Callum holds me tightly as we submerge under the water. Thin lines of air bubbles escape from his nose and mouth. He struggles to get back to the surface but to no avail—his heavy uniform and black boots weren’t meant for swimming.”

“I know certain truths about life.”

“Always ask yourself: "What will happen if I say nothing?”

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.”

“Nothing is generous. New knowledge is a valuable commodity. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we are.”