Sarah Dessen Quotes

My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They're the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.

People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.

A girl my age had been murdered in these woods and I'd seen her last terrified moments, watched her bleed to death in this forest. A life like mine had ended here, and it didn't matter how many times I'd seen deaths in movies, it wasn't the same, and I wasn't ever going to forget it.

People always remember the worst day of their lifes. It becomes a part of them forever.

For fear, real fear such as shakes you to your foundation, such as you feel when you are brought face to face with your mortal end, nestles in your memory like a gangrene: it seeks to rot everything, even the words with which to speak of it. So you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.

I think the idea of losing your hair is still very potent, emotional thing.

Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you.

Over a period of 11 months, I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often, these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them.

What's more awful, to me, than blood and guts is the thought of losing those who you love.

No one escapes being haunted by something that absolutely terrifies them to the core, but very few feel it's okay to admit what it is that haunts us.

Bambi, to a kid, was scary.

I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce.

Vietnam was my nightmare for a good ten years.

When I wake up in night sweats, that's what I'm thinking about: what if someone grabs me from my past and says, 'I heard you drag me to filth on your podcast.'

My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic - 'Bambi' was one of my favorite movies.

I had nightmares after being with the national team. You shouldn't have things like that.

I don't think nightmares are necessarily bad for you.

I used to be terrified of a particular film - I can't remember what it was called. It was set in a forest, and there was lots of oil coming from trees. And someone fell, and ever since then... Oh, and I also dream about my teeth, losing a tooth, which I think means that you want control back.

Sixteen moons, Sixteen years Sixteen of your deepest fears Sixteen times you dreamed my tears Falling, Falling through the years

They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.

After I binged last night -or was it tonight - I was convinced yet again that there were people coming to get me. It was more than just shadows and voices, more than just fantasies....it was real, and I was scared to my core.My bones were shaking...m heart was pounding...I thought I was going to explode. I'm glad I have you to talk to, to write this down. I tried to keep it all together, but then I gave in to the manes and became one with my insanity.

Some stories stayed with you even when you wanted to forget them.

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same. And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.