Sarah Dessen Quotes

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

Basketball's so much like life: if something's going great, you wait a minute, it will change. If something's going bad, you wait a minute, it will change. So I try to play things on such an even keel, knowing that things are going to change. You take the good with the bad; you don't get too excited, you don't get too down and sometimes that's the hardest thing in the world to do when you're in the midst of it, but that's the best way to handle it.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

You have to take everything as it comes.

No matter what is going on around or within you, everything at some point must change. It's harder to accept when things are great - and a source of strength when change is what you need. Either way, it reminds me to try my best to be fully present in every moment.

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

You have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity.

I figure there's no point in stressing about what's out of my control, and all I can do is make the best of what I've got.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.

I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.

Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.

Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens.

I have to really enjoy the good things because it makes the bad things OK.

I'm a take-me-as-l-am person, and all the rest is water under the bridge. You can't change yesterday any more than you can predict what's gonna happen tomorrow.

The things you cannot change you can't waste your time on.

Whatever's in front of you, you do the best you can and let it land where it lands, and then you walk away.

I like to fool myself into thinking that whatever happens is OK.

I just try to do what I can, control what I can, and let the rest handle itself.

You just try to make the best decisions you can. You just take life as it comes to you and do your best.