Sarah Dessen Love Quotations

I have to admit, an unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it's perfect... As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.

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

And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you.

But against love, the case was solid. Easily argued. And you could, indeed, hold it in your hand.

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

After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time with your family, and the little....like blow drying your hair, applying concealer, and cursing those magazine inserts. It all counts. It has to.

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

What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as if you might just break free of whatever was holding you and throw yourself at them with enough force to easily overwhelm you both.

Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.

You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it ends.

Love can make up for a lot.

Sometimes love can be an ugly thing.

Love is so unpredictable. Sometimes you'll know a man for years and then one day, boom! Suddenly you see him in a different way. And other times, it's that first date, that first moment. That's what makes it so great.

The health of the people I love is all that really matters in this world. Period.

Fall in love with someone who truly deserves your heart. Not with someone who plays with it.

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.

No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot.

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

Maybe not," she said as we came to the car. "But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts too much when it ends. The first boy is always the hardest to get over, Haven. It's just the way the world works.

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

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

I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.