Quotes from Jenny Han

If you dare try and Belly Flop me right now, you're going down with me," I warn, my arms tight around his neck. "I go wherever you go," he says, launching us into the water.

How am I supposed to know what's real and what's not? It feels like I'm the only one who doesn't know the difference.

Chris snorts. "Never nude. Did you know that's a real thing? Some people call themselves never-nudes and they wear clothes at all times, even in the shower. Like, jean shorts.

Jeremiah was crying now too. Good, I thought. Hurt like you've hurt me.

I don't think a girl ever gets over losing her mom. I'm an adult and it's completely normal and expected for my mom to be dead, but I still feel orphaned sometimes.

and when I visited, I knew I wanted to be there. Not with one foot in and one foot out, you know?

Your mouth is writin' checks your butt can't cash

Sure, I could just use a GPS, but I would feel silly putting in directions to go to the mall when I've been there a million times. It should come to me intuitively, easy, where I don't even have to think about it. Instead I worry over every turn, second-guess every highway sign—is it north or is it south, do I turn right here or is it the next one? I've never had to pay attention.

Sure, you could go to the bakery and pick out the exact cake you want, but there is a thrill in not being sure what you'll end up with.

he didn't give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity

I do this to feign confidence, because the more I fake it, the more it's supposed to feel true.

People come in and out of your life. For a time they are your world; they are everything. And then one day they're not. There's no telling how long you will have them near. -Lara Jean Song Covey, P.S. I Still Love You

Gli attimi, una volta persi, non si ritrovano più. Sono persi per sempre.

I don't think any man is my equal. Women are far superior, and don't you forget it.

Do you know what it's like to like someone so much you can't stand it and know that they'll never feel the same way? Probably not. People like you don't have to suffer through those kinds of things.

I've barely thought about this place, and now that it's disappearing, I'm sad. It's like all childhood toys, I suppose. It doesn't become important until you don't have it anymore.

If she had met him...She might've been singing a different tune.

I hate when people say that they have something to tell you and they don't just say it. It's like when people say they have a funny story —like, just hurry up and tell the story and I'll decide for myself if I think it's funny or not.

Being vulnerable, letting people in, getting hurt...it's all a part of being in love.

What if he's a serial killer or a child molester? I don't want to be alone with a strange man.

mi cuerpo es un templo y no cualquier chico tiene derecho a rendir culto en él. no iré más allá donde yo quiera.

I guess that's part of growing up, too—saying good-bye to the things you used to love.

My older sister has a way of sounding right.

But the important thing, the real thing, is Chris and I understand each other, which I think counts for a lot more than people realize.