More quotes by Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride

"Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative.""Which is?""Not even trying."Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?"
"Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder--if not impossible--to lose."
"It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are."
"I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying."
"Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?"