If you are a young adult novel reader, you have heard of Sarah Dessen. She is a No. 1 New York Times Bestselling Author and has created an entire world in literature. No, it isn't a fantasy world, but a realistic one - a place where people have real-life problems and anxieties.

1. "Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend."

2. "Don't think or judge, just listen."

3. "You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances."

4. "Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you stronger. If anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear."

5. "I like flaws. I think they make things interesting."

6. "You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it."

7. "Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense."

8. "The fate of your heart is your choice and no one else gets a vote."

9. "Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence."

10. "Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something."

11. "You can't make any one person your world. The trick is to take what each person can give you and build a world from it."

12. "If this was my forever, I wouldn't want to spend it here."