Sarah Dessen Quotes

There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice.

He who says he never needs help, most does.

You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.

Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you.

Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.

Alone I'm nothing.

I've always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life - so that is a work in progress for me.

Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control.

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

I enjoy making the decisions.

I want to go out on my terms.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

I can do whatever I want, because my career is a certain thing.

I own my own time.

I don't want any man to have control over me.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.

What we want is to become masters in our own house.

Don't rely on men but don't shun them either.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.

He is great enough that is his own master.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.