Sarah Dessen Quotes

Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.

In a lot of my films, the biggest theme is family, making families out of those around you.

The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.

The older I get, the more I appreciate the idea of being thrown together with a group of people you might have a lot in common with, or nothing at all. You don't have the option of doing anything other than making your family relationships work - forever. I like that.

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.

I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don't take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it.

I think the sense of community that exists with all the characters - that's the answer. The fact that they have found a family in their friends. It does give some depth and meaning to their lives.

Home is where my family is.

Everybody ticks differently, but family is very important for me.

I've realised how important having family is.

Families are families are families are families.

There's such a thing as a tribe - and family of choice.

Football is good, but family, close friends, my brothers - I have family everywhere - is the most important thing.

Meeting someone who likes what I've made is like discovering a brother or sister.

We inherit the family we're born into and create the family we need.

I don't think about it. I have always been linked up with everybody.

It's definitely fun being a part of this family.

Home, for me, is with the people who I really love - whether that's in England with my family, Ireland with my relatives, or Germany and Canada with my friends.

My audience is like my family at this point.

The very idea of family is something I hold so close to my heart.

I am my family. I love my family.

What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. Cora was right - we had many families over time. Our family of origion, the family we created, as well as the gorups you moved thorugh while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them were perfect, and we couldn't expect them to be. You couldn't make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build a world from it.

Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

One day we'll wake up and discover we are family.