Quotes
Authors
Sarah Dessen
"As far as I was concerned, we'd come to a draw: I hadn't wanted to come, and she didn't want me to leave. We were even. But I knew my mother wouldn't see it that way. Lately, we didn't seem to see anything the same." --
Sarah Dessen
#Mother Quotes
#Want Quotes
#Way Quotes
“I traveled for seven years, and when I came back home I was completely lost. I didn't know what to do with my life, so I decided to let people decide for me. For month I followed strangers on the street. For the pleasure of following, not because the party interested me. I photographed them without their knowledge, took note of their movements, and finally lost sight of them. At the end of January 1980, I chose a man and followed him to Venice. That's how I started. That's all.”
“I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.”
“As a writer, you look for someplace to start. Once you have a beginning and you've written the first two sentences, nothing else will ever change it.”
“Art is an evolution of techniques and materials from past to present and we can't stop learning.”
“There is never a sickness Jesus cannot heal and never a disease Jesus cannot cure. To God's power, nothing is impossible!”
“So many things beat upon us in a lifetime that simply enduring may seem almost beyond us… But the test a loving God has set before us is not to see if we can endure difficulty. It is to see if we can endure it well. We pass the test by showing that we remembered Him and the commandments He gave us. And to endure well is to keep those commandments whatever the opposition, whatever the temptation, and whatever the tumult around us.”
“My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet.”
“Memphis was almost like going to California. Beale Street was the black man's street.”
