Sarah Dessen Quotes

Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.

Necessity is not a fact; it's an interpretation.

You want the truth, of course. You want me to put two and two together. But two and two doesn’t necessarily get you the truth. Two and two equals a voice outside the window. Two and two equals the wind. The living bird is not its labeled bones.

Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk - depends where the light hits.

What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.

There are many levels of truth.

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.

There are always two or three or four sides to every story.

What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not?

I'm not big into images. I'm into reality.

Whenever we say a person's name, notice whether we have stated more than a fact. For example, the judgment, 'She's thoughtless' goes beyond the facts 'She said she'd call me and she didn't.'

How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty.

Sometimes the truth is more than the sum of the facts.

The truth is more important than the facts

It is necessary to judge accurately the things that rest on opinion

You can't go by what things look like on paper.

People are going to assume whatever they want to assume.

Reality isn't straightforward or easily accessible.

The 'Raining Gold' video naturally took on one of the messages behind the song, which is you should never assume anything about someone or a situation just because it looks a certain way on the surface.

I don't like making comparisons. You might say one slight thing, find yourself misinterpreted, and suddenly you're in trouble.

Reality has always proved to be much more sophisticated and subtle than any preconceived philosophy.