Sarah Dessen Quotes

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.

A lot of the time, you compromise., which is fine - it's part of not being totally insane.

Everyday is a compromise.

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.

Life is made up of compromises.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on.

I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.

Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

I try to be the best husband I can be, and if people respect that, that's cool. But there's no 'perfect husband.' We just all try to do the best we can, you know what I mean?

If somebody has never been married, they don't know compromise.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

A big part of being in a relationship or marriage or whatever is you have to eventually compromise. Your life doesn't end up exactly the way you think it's going to, and if it's the right relationship, you might have to compromise what you're doing professionally.

I love marriage.

I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.

In the course of a marriage, one accommodates the other.

Marriage is not easy. You have to decide to work. That's what it really comes down to: two people deciding to stay together or not.

The true test of a relationship is traveling together.

You can't have it all, all at once. Who - man or woman - has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

I want to wake up next to what I went to bed with. I need a girl who can get dressed up to come with me to things, but also one who isn't afraid to get her fingernails dirty or chip her nail polish.