Quotes from Jenny Han

And there are different kinds of intelligence, you know. He has a high emotional IQ.

Um, I think they'll figure it out when he's not at the airport, Gogo." Gogo is my nickname for Margot. As in go-go boots.

What right does she have to weigh in when she doesn't even live here anymore?

Josh gives me a dubious look.

It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

I don't realize it until the words are actually out of my mouth, but I say it to hurt him.

you have to scream out emotions; if you don't, they'll fester.

I think that time might be different for young people.

Conrad ended up winning me the polar bear with the wire-frame glasses and scarf. He said Angie told him it was the best prize they had. He said he thought I'd like it too. I told him I'd rather have had the giraffe, but thanks anyway. I named him Junior Mint, and I left him where he belonged, at the summer house.

Yes, well, today you'd make a really great Moaning Myrtle.

And then there was Jeremiah. When I looked at Jeremiah, I saw past, present, and future.

To belong to someone--I didn't know it, but now that I think about, it seems like that's all I've ever wanted. To really be somebody's, and to have them be mine.

Conrad had a way of looking at me, at you, at anybody, that made everything unravel and want to fall at his feet.

A part of me is already homesick for them. Another part of me is so, so excited to take this next step, and I never thought I would be, not after things didn't turn out the way I'd hoped.

See! There's so much to be excited about, if you let yourself be.

I didn't want to make the same mistakes my parents made. I didn't want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.

How come you never dated anybody?" I shrug. "I don't know...because nobody ever asked?" "Bullshit. I know for a fact that Martinez asked you to homecoming and you said no.

My heart thumps in my chest so loud I can hear it echo in my ears.

Do I only like the boys I can never have? I've always known Peter was out of my reach. I've always known he didn't belong to me. But tonight he said he liked me. The thing I've been hoping for, he said it. So why didn't I just tell him I liked him back when I had the chance? Because I do. I like him back. Of course I do. What girl wouldn't fall for Peter Kavinsky, handsomest boy of all the Handsome Boys. Now that I really know him, I know he's so much more than that.

I'M THE ONE WHO GOES to the airport to pick up Margot and Ravi,

We didn't know what was ahead of us then. We were just two teenagers, looking up at the sky on a cold February night. So no, he didn't give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity.

He...he looks at you a lot, Lara Jean. When you're not paying attention. He looks at you, to see if you're having a good time.

and the whole drive home the air smells like Christmas morning.

the very picture of nonchalance.