Quotes from Jenny Han

Love letters. Of all the things I save, I guess you could say my love letters are my most prized possession.

I didn't know then, how important this boy would become to me and to the people I love the most. But even if I had known, what could I have done differently?

You're not first, but you're the most special to me, because you're the girl I love, Lara Jean.

The bitch slap to end all bitch slaps.

But just because you bury something, that doesn't mean it stops existing. Those feelings, they'd been there all along. All that time. I had to just face it.

I file this away under Misc. Facts about M.

I think the perfect high school night will end up being some random little nothing moment that you didn't plan or expect; it just happened.

I thought I was over him ... I meant it, I swear I did. It wasn't even that hard, not really.

They're not love letters in the strictest sense of the word. My letters are for when I don't want to be in love anymore. They're for good-bye.

I didn't realize anything was missing. Then came you.

Because after I write my letter, I'm no longer consumed by my all-consuming love.

People say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but I think they're wrong. Proximity makes the heart grow fonder.

I'm here to break up.

She thinks getting serious when you're young is a bad idea. It has nothing to do with you. I told her, just because it didn't work out with you and Dad, it doesn't mean it'll be like that for us. I'm nothing like my dad. And you're nothing like my mom.

Does this vision feel in line with what you were thinking?

That time, I slept in his room with him. We watched TV until he fell asleep, because he liked to sleep with the television on in the background. I couldn't fall asleep like that, so I waited until he did and then I turned it off.

It's like we're on a high-speed train that's going somewhere fast, and I like it, I do, but I also like a slow train where I can look out the window and appreciate the countryside, the buildings, the mountains. It's like I don't want to miss the little steps; I want it to last. And then the next second I want to grow up faster, more, now. To be as ready as everyone else is. How is everyone else so ready?

So no, he didn't give me flowers or candy. He gave the moon and the stars. Infinity.

I want to be that person for him, I want to be the one who keeps him going during this difficult time. I want to be his lighthouse keeper ... but it's hard. Harder than I thought.

Margot is a good girl, and I guess Kitty and I have followed her lead. I've never cheated or gotten drunk or smoked a cigarette or even had a boyfriend.

She and I were still friends, but not best friends, not like we used to be. But we were still friends. She'd known me my whole life. It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

you're a miracle. For that we have to celebrate.

He's a really good Dad. And he tries hard. He doesn't always understand us, but he tries, and that's the important thing.

L'amore fa paura: cambia, può svanire. Quello fa parte del rischio. Ma io non voglio più avere paura. Voglio essere coraggiosa