Sarah Dessen Quotes

When I walked out of the seminary, I was 31, but I was like a scared, frightened kid. I had no place to live, no license, no clothes. I was just a lost soul.

But I'm lost when it comes to you.

I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

You can know the whole world and still feel lost in it.

Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?

I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood.

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood.

I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost."

The rain is falling ever harder, and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I’m drenched, but I can’t move. I don’t want to leave, because I don’t know where to go

I feel like I'm playing chess underwater. The pieces keep floating away. I don't know where things are. I can't figure out tomorrow.

I realized I was on a something island. 'How did I get here,' I wondered, surrounded by Nothing, "and how can I get back?

To be honest everything goes over my head a bit.

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.

I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.

I felt vulnerable and very much between friends. I remember walking down the hallway and thinking I had no way of knowing what was coming, literally. This wasn't because I had some horrific bullying story, but because of a steady drip of negativity.

Does anybody know what I'm doing up here?

I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

Here's a secret: Everyone, if they live long enough, will lose their way at some point. You will lose your way; you will wake up one morning and find yourself lost. This is a hard, simple truth.

I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.

I am genuinely a bit confused about the world, a little bit bumbling.