Quotes from Becca Kufrin

I feel like a grandma.

I don't know what it is about bow ties, but I love a good bow tie on a man.

2020, it's been a lot. But I look at it as, I would never want to not do 2020 for as many crazy things that have happened.

My mom always told me that time will heal everything and it's true.

A breakup is hard enough, and to have it all filmed and have to re-watch it and know that people all across the country are watching you get your heart broken, it is embarrassing. It's not fun. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

I'm looking for someone who can be put to the test... and by test, I mean an obstacle course that represents life and its challenges!

I grew up fishing and hunting with my dad, knowing Garrett does that, he would fit in so well. I really like Garrett.

It's so easy to shut down and be in your own head after a breakup, you know?

I'm very clumsy, so I learned to walk very slowly wearing heels every day.

When you use social media to create a judgment on somebody, it is such a small sampling.

Being the Bachelorette holds a lot of pressure, especially on this first night since I was making my decision solely based on first impressions.

I don't think it's going to come as a shock to anyone, but Garrett and I have decided to end our engagement. Garrett and I came to this decision after many conversations. It wasn't just something we just arrived at one night. It wasn't based solely off of one Instagram post or somebody else's opinions or comments.

My relationships with my friends are lifelong, solid and unbreakable.

I think people need to be open minded to everyone.

I have made the best of friends in Minnesota. And I just have so much love for it.

After Arie ended things with me, I went back to Minnesota, and I didn't really know what to do.

I think that being the Bachelorette and being on this side of things, you really have to stay in tune with who you are and follow your gut and follow your heart.

I've always tried to keep my family and how I was raised and my morals in the back of my head.

I don't want to keep looking back in the past. I want to move forward.

As much as I love Neil Lane, I don't want to have a ring graveyard.

I was really nervous putting my heart on the line again and stepping into the role as Bachelorette.

Life always has its ups and downs.

I want a relationship like the one my mom and dad had, what every strong relationship around me looks like, and I wasn't going to allow past heartbreak to hinder me from finding that.

I am a strong woman and I do believe in certain things, but again, that's what's so great about our country - everyone is entitled to their own opinions.