Sarah Dessen Quotes

I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.

I say what I mean. I don't speak in code. That's why I am a star and ace communicator.

People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality, and for that reason sometimes people are not easily saying what they want to say. They're reluctant to express their opinions, and I kind of find that frustrating because I want to know what people really, really think.

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

I'm not wasting my time with any more non-straight-talking candidates.

What I have to say, I say face to face.

I like people who tell you what they think straight away instead of going around in circles.

It's a little hard to speak when you're not supposed to move.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks - if we agree with him.

Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion

It is impossible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he would have himself appear to be. From the Universe, nothing is or an be hidden.

The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides.

If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.

I am sorry I didn’t tell you the truth before. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to. You kept asking about Romeo and what he was really like. I was hoping that”—he smiled wistfully—“you would recognize me.

You can express love by calling out the truth out of the situation as opposed to dancing around it.

The truth is, whoever I've dated, if I've ever wanted to talk about them on stage, I've asked them first, and I've gotten their permission to tell a story or talk about them before I do it.

Adolescence-is it the first time in life we discover that we have something terrible to hide from those who love us?

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.

I scream, you scream, we all scream... for the truth.

The great chasm between the thing I say, and the thing I would say, would be quite dispiriting to me, in spite even of such kindnesses as yours, if the desire did not master the despondency.

A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

What you didn't tell someone was just as debilitating as what you did.

One must be as clear as one's natural reticence allows one to be.