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Sarah Dessen

…It’s not just where you go, but how you choose to get there.

You Choose

…You can’t unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know.

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Want

…You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know?

Forever

Lasts

Want

‘I don’t get it,’ Caroline said, bemused. ‘She’s the only one with wings. Why is that?’

Running

Said

Wings

‘So,’ he said as we turned onto the main road, the muffler rattling, ‘I’ve been thinking.’ ‘Yeah?’ He nodded. ‘You really need to go out with me.’ I blinked. ‘I’m sorry?’ ‘You know. You, me. A restaurant or movie. Together.’ He glanced over, shifting gears. ‘Maybe it’s a new concept for you? If so, I’ll be happy to walk you through it.’ ‘You want to take me to a movie?’ I asked. ‘Well, not really,’ he said. ‘What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I though saying that might scare you off.’

Girlfriend

Sorry

Thinking

“I don’t know,” I said. “What else did you do for your first eighteen years?” “Like I said,” he said as I unlocked the car, “I’m not so sure that you should go by my example.” “Why not?” “Because I have my regrets,” he said. “Also, I’m a guy. And guys do different stuff.” “Like ride bikes?” I said. “No,” he replied. “Like have food fights. And break stuff. And set off firecrackers on people’s front porches. And…” “Girls can’t set off firecrackers on people’s front porches?” “They can,” he said… “But they’re smart enough not to. That’s the difference.”

Girl

Regret

Smart

“I just don’t know,” I said, my voice sounding bumby, not like mine, “how do you help someone who doesn’t want your help. What do you do when you can’t do anything?”

Helping

Voice

Want

“I thought this was a cookout. You know, dogs and burgers, Tater Tots, ambrosia salad” Dexter picked up a box of Twinkies, tossing them into the cart. “And Twinkies.” “It is… Except that it’s a cookout thrown by my mother.” “And?” “And my mother doesn’t cook.” He looked at me waiting. “At all. My mother doesn’t cook at all.” “She must cook sometimes.” “Nope.” “Everyone can make scrambled eggs, Remy. It’s programmed into you at birth, the default setting. Like being able to swim and knowing not to mix pickles with oatmeal. You just KNOW.”

Dog

Mother

Oatmeal

“It’s gonna be okay,” I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. “It will.”

Firsts

Long

Said

“Look,” I said, “We knew Jason and Becky would be back, the break would end. This isn’t a surprise, it’s what’s supposed to happen. It’s what we wanted. Right?” “Is it?” he asked. “Is it what you want?” Whether he intended it to be or not, this was the final question, the last Truth. If I said what I really thought, I was opening myself up for a hurt bigger than I could even imagine. I didn’t have it in me. We changed and altered so many rules, but it was this one, the only one when we’d started, that I would break. “Yes,” I said.

Hurt

Jason

Would Be

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Quotes by Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen

…It’s not just where you go, but how you choose to get there.

…You can’t unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know.

…You don’t want the best of times to be just one thing, forever. You have to have a lot of bests of times, each one topping the last. You know?

‘I don’t get it,’ Caroline said, bemused. ‘She’s the only one with wings. Why is that?’

“I just don’t know,” I said, my voice sounding bumby, not like mine, “how do you help someone who doesn’t want your help. What do you do when you can’t do anything?”

“It’s gonna be okay,” I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. “It will.”

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