Sarah Dessen Quotes

Alone I'm nothing.

You can become quite blase, and also, I have no sense of home; I don't have roots. I've never had that feeling that someone else is going to take care of me, ever. I don't trust people.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

I'm actually quite self-sufficient, so it might look as if there isn't room for anyone in my life. That isn't entirely the case.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

Some people do better on their own. I don't.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

I really don't like that modern notion of 'I don't need anyone.' I see a lot of young women feeling they have to be that way, they have to be hard, in a way. And what does that bring them? They're just going to be lonesome. They're going to be, at best, lonesome and capable, at worst, lonesome and hard. And is that what we want? No.

Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.

Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you.

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they suffer from feelings of isolation. I think that is one reason why young readers support my work.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be.

I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

I'm learning to deal with my loneliness because then nobody can muck me around any more.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

I'm not good at accepting help.

We're all alone in this world.

There is always the danger that increased personal independence will decrease the social capacity of an individual. In making him more self-reliant, it may make him more self-sufficient.... It often makes an individual so insensitive in his relations to others as to develop an illusion of being really able to stand and act alone -- an unnamed form of insanity which is responsible for a large part of the remedial suffering of the world

I cannot live alone.

You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.