Gurusum Weekly

“The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“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.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. ”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“Wherever you will go,  I will let you down,  But this lullaby goes on.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“Some people, they can't just move on, you know, mourn and cry and be done with it. Or at least seem to be. But for me... I don't know. I didn't want to fix it, to forget. It wasn't something that was broken. It's just...something that happened. And like that hole, I'm just finding ways, every day, of working around it. Respecting and remembering and getting on at the same time. ”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know?”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“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

“You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

“Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.”  ―  Sarah Dessen

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