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

“Fine," he repeated, and I wondered why it was I kept coming back to this, again and again, a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome.”

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

“So you're always honest," I said.”

“After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time with your family, and the little....like blow drying your hair, applying concealer, and cursing those magazine inserts. It all counts. It has to.”

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

“Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true.”

“People work together when it suits them. They’re loyal when it suits them. They love each other when it suits them, and they kill each other when it suits them.”

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”

“Find me in words”

“I learned a little of beauty-- enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth...”

“The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.”