"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

"Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend."
— Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You)

"Don't think or judge, just listen."
— Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)

"It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

"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."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

"I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed. "
— Sarah Dessen

"Wherever you will go,
I will let you down,
But this lullaby goes on. "
— Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You)

"There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart."
— Sarah Dessen

"Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

"It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

"Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future."
— Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)

"It was like when you're a little kid and you run into your teacher or librarian at the grocery store or Wal-mart and it's just so startling, because it never occurred to you they existed outside of school."
— Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)

"'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'
There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers. But I knew this one.
'It's so she can fly,' I said. Then I started to run."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

"Hate Spinnerbait!"
— Sarah Dessen

"Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else."
— Sarah Dessen (Lock and Key)

"Next thing you know she'll be on the bus and selling T-shirts in the parking lot, showing off her boobs to get in the stage door."

"At least she has boobs to show," Jess said.

"I have boobs," Chloe said, pointing to her chest. "Just because they're not weighing me down doesn't mean they're not substantial."

"Okay, B cup," Jess said, taking a sip of her drink.

"I have boobs!" Chloe said again, a bit too loudly--she'd already had a couple of minibottles at the Spot. "My boobs are great, goddammit. You know that? They're fantastic! My boobs are amazing."
— Sarah Dessen

"All you could do was take on as much weight as you can bear. And if you're lucky, there's someone close enough by to shoulder the rest."
— Sarah Dessen- Just Listen

"Plus the fact that the window I was now facing opened up to the part of the lot where people picked up their brand-new cars. Every few minutes, one of the salesmen would walk someone right to the center of the window, hand them their shiny new keys, and then smile benevolently as they drove off into the sunset, just like in the commercials. What a bunch of shit."
— Sarah Dessen

"What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time. Our family of origin, the family we created, and the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them perfect, and we couldn't expect them to be. You can't make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build your world from it."
— Sarah Dessen

""Now, now," my father said. "Let's just get the bags."

This was typical. My father, the lone male in our estrogen-heavy household, had always dealt with any kind of emotional situation or conflict by doing something concrete and specific. Discussion of cramps and heavy flow at the breakfast table? He was up and out the door to change oil on one of our cars. Coming home in tears for reasons you just didn't want to discuss? He'd go make you a grilled cheese, which he'd probably end up eating. Family crisis brewing in a public place? Bags. Get the bags."
— Sarah Dessen

"And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you."
— Sarah Dessen

"I was worn out, broken: He had taken almost everything. But he'd been all I'd had, all this time. And when the police led him away, I pulled out of the hands of all these loved one, sobbing, screaming, everything hurting, to try and make him stay."
— Sarah Dessen (Dreamland)

"Black is the color of night. White is the true color of death"
— Melissa de la Cruz (Blue Bloods)

"When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, is it not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end?"
— Stephenie Meyer

"About three things I was absolutely positive:
First, Edward was a vampire;
Second, there was a part of him -- and I didn't know how dominant that part might be -- that thirsted for my blood;
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Twilight again, he murmured." Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I think she's having hysterics. Maybe you should slap her."
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"If I could dream at all it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I hear voices in my head and you're worried that you're the freak."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Penguins, lovely."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls just did that on TV."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"How strongly are you opposed to grand theft auto?"
— Stephenie Meyer (New Moon)

"I'm with the vampires, of course."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"No spiders?"
"Nope."
"And no radioactivity?"
"None."
...
"Kryptonite doesn't bother me either."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I'm here . . . which roughly translated means I would rather die than stay away from you. I'm an idiot."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I told you I'm not going anywhere. Don't be afraid. As long as it makes you happy, I'll be here."
— Stephenie Meyer

"I grimaced at him, resisting the impulse to stick my tongue out at him like a five year old."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Bella, do you think any of us want to look into Edward's eyes for the next few millenniums if he loses you? You can't see the change that you've brought over him, but we can..."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I already know how strong you are. You didn't have to break the furniture."
— Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse)

"They don't understand why I can't leave you alone.

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"So eager for eternal damnation."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...," He murmured.
"What a stupid lamb, " I sighed.
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
— Stephenie Meyer

"So did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what?"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"I am so very sorry. Would you understand what I meant if I said I was only human?

- Edward Cullen"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"So what you're saying is, I'm your brand of heroin?"
"You're exactly my brand of heroin."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving?"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"How old are you?"
"Seventeen," he answered promptly.
"And how long have you been seventeen?"
His lips twitched as he stared at the road. "A while."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Oh, a sadistic vampire intent on torturing you to death, sure, no problem, you run off to meet him. An I.V. on the other hand."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Stupid, shiny Volvo owner."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars."
— J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)