Sarah Dessen Quotes

At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.

I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that.

Girls know when they're attractive.

As a woman, we all want to feel attractive. We all want to feel that we're making the very best of ourselves so we can accept ourselves.

I'd want to have Gisele Bundchen's body. Even though she's tall and skinny, she does have curves... and I think that's hot. Halle Berry also is kind of amazing.

I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.

Every girl likes feeling hot and sexy and beautiful and likes hearing it.

I've been through my highs, I've been through my lows; I've been through the gamut of all things in this business. Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It's noise I block out automatically. I love my body.

I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.

We were at a beach one summer, and I had a bathing suit on. My wife looked at me and said: 'Boy, you are skinny, aren't you?' I said: 'Honey, I'd like to remind you that it was minor defects like this that kept me from getting a better wife.'

I looked massive next to Ryan Seacrest! But I was lucky that I've never had anyone say, 'Jordin, you need to lose weight.'

I do wish my breasts were bigger. Not big... but less small.

I'd like to be curvier.

It's beautiful when someone can carry her own hair and body and curves and bumps.

I kind of felt like maybe I didn't have what it took to look like a supermodel and wear high heels all the time and my nails.

I don't think I'm ugly per se, but on bad days, I have been told that I look like the monster from 'The Hills Have Eyes.' That was extremely confidence-shattering, so I try to take care of myself.

I do feel different whether I'm in the gym or on the ice when I have a cute outfit on. I think most girls can relate - you carry yourself differently.

I guess being a hunk is a lot better than being a chunk.

I like having curves.

Everyone always told me I had a J-Lo bum. Since I was 15 it's always been like that.

I remember when I was young, before we started lifting and working out, I looked like I was bench-pressing other humans. I looked different than other girls. I had to be OK with the fact that I had a strong physique, no matter if people looked at me in an accepting way or not.

On my show 'The Real,' we often encourage women to fight against body-shaming and own the skin that they're in.

Owning your curves means being confident - actually being confident - in your own skin. Growing up was tricky for me, it was so hard to shop with all of my friends and not being able to fit into the tiny clothes they were wearing.

Am I hideous, Jane? Very, sir: you always were, you know.

When they [breasts] are huge, you become very self-conscious...I've learned something though, through my years of pondering and pontificating, and that is: men love them, and I love that.