Sarah Dessen

Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.

It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.

I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers. But I knew this one.It's so she can fly,' I said. Then I started to run.

The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote

You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.

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

But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.

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

What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.

It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.

I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.

You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you.

Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.

Macy: In Truth, I said, there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.Wes: How do you win? he askedMacy: That, I said, is such a boy question.

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.