Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.

Quote by Sarah Dessen

Topics: Sarah Dessen Quotes

That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being...

That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being...

Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always...

Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always...

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

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

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can...

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can...

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching...

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching...

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces...

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces...

Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just...

Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just...

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a...

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a...

It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic....

It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic....

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a...

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a...

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

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

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best...

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best...

Don't think or judge, just listen.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a...

Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a...

What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you...

What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you...

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on.

Wherever you will go, I will let you down, But this lullaby goes on.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason...

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason...

It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You...

It was just one of those things,