Quotes from Jenny Han

You know what? I changed my mind. You've obviously never loved anyone but yourself.

something I've never managed to quite get the hang of.

Tu sais ce que ça fait, d'aimer quelqu'un à un point presque insupportable, tout en sachant que la personne en question ne t'aimera pas

I can just tell that you're the kind of girl who does.

Once she's decided something, that's it.

Love is scary; it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk.

But he's got a goofy smile on his face the entire time, and it only gets bigger when Trina puts her arm around his shoulder and makes him sway with her to the beat.

It's like she said: when she's done, she's done.

it's like getting a body scrub, and you stand up feeling exfoliated and not in a good way.

When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it's like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you're just clutching air and grit. That's why you can't save it all up like that.

Belly's gonna cry," Steven said in a singsong voice. Then he and Jeremiah started to dance a jig together. "Leave her alone," Conrad said.

THE AIR SMELLS LIKE HONEYSUCKLES and summer days that go on and on. It is the perfect day to get married. I don't think there's any place prettier than Virginia in June. Everything in bloom, everything green and sunny and hopeful.

Because she is Margot, the girl with the maps and the travel books and the plans. Of course she would leave us one day.

Barely is enough for now.

Over his shoulder Conrad said, "Good night, Belly." And that was it. I was in love.

If this is love, no thanks, I don't want any part of it. When I'm older, I'm just going to do my own thing.

We go all the way to the top and take in the view.

I'm always wondering about the what-ifs, about the road not taken.

If I like a boy, fine, I'll date him, but I'm not going to sit at home and cry over him.

Hi!" I say cheerfully, as if I weren't just contemplating backing away before he saw me.

Au début, quand un proche s'absente longtemps, on pense constamment à ce qu'on va lui raconter. On tâche de tout garder en mémoire. Mais autant essayer de retenir une poignée de sable : tous les grains finissent par s'échapper et il ne reste plus que de la terre et du vide, on ne peut jamais tout retenir. Résultat, quand on se revoit, on ne discute que de sujets sérieux. Les anecdotes sont impossibles à partager.

I can see now that it's the little things, the small efforts, that keep a relationship going. And I know now that too in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better.

There's no way to protect yourself against heartbreak, Lara Jean. That's just a part of life.

I don't want to be owned by anyone. Or belong to anyone.