Sarah Dessen Quotes

Both my best and my worst habit is that I'm very impulsive.

Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move.

Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Everything I do in my life is very instinctual and in the moment. If I'm attracted to something, that's it. If I have reservations, those don't change till they're resolved. My first impression is how I go.

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.

I never make conscious decisions.

Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

I tend to sort of dive into things without worrying about risk or anything. Like, when I get an idea, I tend to just go for it and see what happens.

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.

I'm very impatient. I am. That's the bane of my game. I don't think about what I'm going to do - I just go hit it, I don't stop to wait and think. Costs me two shots a round.

I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.

I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.

I don't think things through very often - I don't project into the future about how a situation will turn out.

I don't think through anything I do. I just do it, and it's oftentimes landed me in huge amounts of trouble.

I used to make snap judgments, moved quickly. It's more important to be thoughtful, think of the consequences of your decisions.

During my 20s, I truly said 'yes' to everything, whether it was a good idea or not.

I want to look alluring.

I've never just said things recklessly without thinking about it or talking to people about it. I always go back to my people and talk to them about it.

I never overthink or overanalyze anything.

Maybe it's stupidity, but you just gotta jump into things. That's how I've gone through life.

Charm is more valuable than beauty. You can resist beauty, but you can't resist charm.

That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop thinking and introspecting so much and do a little more acting.