Sarah Dessen Quotes

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

I don't want to hurt anybody.

I'm sensitive, and I don't ever want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

I think I have a certain respect for people, you know. And I guess a lot of times I expect that respect to go both ways.

If you respect the audience enough, they can take onboard many things.

She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.

If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things.

You just always do what will make the other fellow feel comfortable, at ease, and then everything else will be all right.

What I really appreciate in my friends is that they really respect me.

I'm big when it comes to respect. But it's a two-way street, in my eyes.

I think my strength is to act instinctively, really quickly, on what I believe, what I see in this person. A proper portrait. I wouldn't dream of doing something inappropriate for that person. I guess I make the person comfortable around me.

When you learn how to be really attentive, you learn the importance of patience and appreciating a woman. You're able to appreciate the softness of her skin and the look in her eyes. It's a connection.

Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.

All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me.

People just deserve to be treated with kindness.

I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

The most important phase of living with a person is respect for that person as an individual.

You don't want to diminish anybody's pain and suffering.

The important thing is having genuine regard for your audience.

It's important to show solidarity for a child, no matter what. It's important for a child to be raised in a situation where she sees love, solidarity, commitment and honor.