Sarah Dessen, is one of my favorite authers. I've only read three of her book. But I love them all! I happend upon one of her books by chance, one day at the library. It was summer 2009 and the book was 'The Truth About Forever'. I had been looking for something fun to read. But I came away with so much more then that. Her books have pulled at my heart strings for three summers, now. And they are very much so coming of age books. All of them full of friendship, losse, love, family and self-discovery. With every one that I have read. I have been able to find a little part of myself in them as well. The good & the bad. The happy & the sad. Last summer I read 'Lock and Key' one of my favorites to date. It was just what I had needed, at the time. Something to take my mind off all the hurt in my life. It's amazing what a good book can do! And this summer I have just fineshed reading 'Along for the Ride' her nineth book.
I feel like I have started at the end, of all the great stories Sarah Dessen, has told with all her books. And now it's time to go back to the begining!
Here are some quotes that I really love! ;)
some are frome the books I've read. And others I hope to read very soon!
"It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is."
— Sarah Dessen (The Truth about Forever)
"It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys."
— Sarah Dessen (Lock and Key)
"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)
^^^ My last summer favorite!
"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 (Lock and Key)
I can't wait to get my hands on this book!
"So you're always honest," I said.
"Aren't you?"
"No," I told him. "I'm not."
"Well, that's good to know, I guess."
"I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways."
"How'd you mean it, then?"
"I just...I don't always say what I feel."
"Why not?"
"Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said.
"Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though."
— Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)
It looks like yet another good sommertime read. But I don't think I'll be waiting till next summer to read this one! :D
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