Sarah Dessen Quotes

I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort.

It scares me. But then I get this big feeling, simple but exalted: He's like me, just with different details.

I'm no different than you.

All of us are much more human than otherwise.

All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

I think I've learnt that there is no character so strange that you haven't shared their experience in some small way.

Nobody is so weird others can't identify with them.

I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors.

I turn to books for a feeling of companionship: for somebody knowing what I have known.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

Probably above all other things, I am interested as a writer in making a connection, interested in the parts of all of us that connect.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

I feel my situation is no different from anybody else's experiences.

Finally, I have someone that's like me. My other two pupils were the opposite sides of the moon. But this guy is on the same side of the moon, is on the same planet that I'm on.

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Readers prefer a world they can relate to.

I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

When you're watching somebody read your material and they smile and nod, you know you've found that place where your experience and their experience match, even though they aren't the same exact experience.

I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture?

When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the strangest, weirdest thing you could think of.