Sarah Dessen Quotes

People are mean to each other.

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)

I like to be nice to people, but sometimes people aren't nice to me.

Even when I'm stressed out I'm not mean to people. I'm not constantly rude to people. But sometimes people are so rude.

You should be nice to people because it's better to be nice to people than mean to people, not because you think there's something in it for you.

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.

I think sometimes people forget how to be nice to people. I try not to let it get to me.

Being nice doesn’t make you stupid. It makes you feel good because you know you are gracious enough to forgive and smart enough to realize how distasteful some people can be.

Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

I've always felt very blessed and lucky in the world, and I have great compassion for people who struggle to get through the day.

It's very easy to look at the world and think this is all so cruel and so mean. It's important to not become bitter from it.

If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.

You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.

It's easy to be a bad ass, it's easy to act like a bad ass, easy to act like a tough guy, it's easy to be a diva, and it's easy to be self absorbed. The list goes on and on but to me, I always just find it more important to be nice and kind.

You try to be good, to be good and loving and nice and not hard, not tough, a sweet nice girl, not ugly, not full of ugliness, but people make it impossible.

He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be free from hatred.