Sarah Dessen Quotes

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.

I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots.

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.

I grew so depressed from the lack of support that I considered quitting. No one understood me.

If I cry, it's because I'm very angry and I can't do anything about it because I've run into a dead end. That's when the tears would come down.

Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.

If you're writing about angry people, you use the language of anger. If you're writing about desperate people, you use the language of desperation.

The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.

I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems.

Powerlessness frustrates; absolute powerlessness frustrates absolutely. Absolute frustration is a dangerous emotion to run a world with.

The most bitter pain among men: to have much knowledge but little power.

Never boo or hiss at my rallies. That is for people with no hope.

While one might laugh at the meaningless boredom of people a decade or two ago, the emptiness has for many now moved from the state of boredom to a state of futility and despair, which holds promise of dangers.

I can't do nothing just a little.

Women get exhausted and beat down, and you just want to cry.

I've stopped many things such as healthy eating. What's the point? In this post-truth era, I feel increasingly powerless.

There is nothing harder for me than to sit at the sideline, not being able to be productive.

No one has it easy, and to some degree, everyone feels lonely and powerless, which may cause them to make hurtful decisions.

I've given up trying to reason with people who despise me.

When things aren't going well it can feel like the world is against you and there's nowhere to turn.

Only being able to watch is the hardest thing for any footballer.