Sarah Dessen Quotes

Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.

In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word.

I always felt like I was on the move, that I was going towards something.

If you think of all the enduring stories in the world, they're of journeys. Whether it's 'Don Quixote' or 'Ulysses,' there's always this sense of a quest - of a person going away to be tested, and coming back.

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

I go wherever the good story is.

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions.

In order to find, you must first search.

We're on a mission from Glod.

All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

But the main things about a man are his eyes and his feet. He should be able to see the world and go after it.

There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.

I want to know why I'm alive. I want to understand. It's like exploration; it's like someone being interested in a place and its history, digging into the earth and looking for it, searching - it's a passion.

There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

Bond is a classic archetype character, a character that's embedded in our heads forever, one of a lone warrior setting out to avenge a nation - and you find that character across cultures.

A pilgrim is a wanderer with a purpose.

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.

Quest stories are about the oldest form of narrative there is, and they're also the perfect metaphor for life because we're all on a journey trying to figure out where we're going and who we are. 'Solomon Creed' is just doing it with more danger and guns involved.

'The Searcher,' as the title suggests, is about someone in search of something, and I have always loved quest stories and so was drawn to writing one myself.

The journey matters as much as the goal.

The great quest of life has always been to discover truth.

You will have many more goals in the years ahead. But do not confuse a goal with a purpose.

Hedwig is on a quest; she's on a quest as much as Jason and the Argonauts, as much as the boy in 'A.I.' She's looking for something. She's looking for her other half, and she's on tour. Monsters, Cyclops - maybe they're her mom? - appear on various islands.