Sarah Dessen

I’m really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It’s something that I think doesn’t get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.

Sarah Dessen

I’ve been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember.

Sarah Dessen

I’ve found in my own life that if my writing isn’t going well, not much else will. It is the one constant, the key to everything else.

Sarah Dessen

If you expect the worst, you’ll never be disappointed.

Sarah Dessen

In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible.

Sarah Dessen

In those first few hours officially single again the world seems like it expands, suddenly bigger and more vast now that you have to get through it alone.

Sarah Dessen

It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death.

Sarah Dessen

It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.

Sarah Dessen

It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn’t just lose a person, but their entire world as well.

Sarah Dessen

It’s funny how someone’s perception of you can be formed without you even knowing it.

Sarah Dessen