Jenny Han: Quotes about feelings

“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?”

“When a person you love dies, it doesn’t feel real. It’s like it’s happening to someone else. It’s someone else’s life. I’ve never been good with the abstract. What does it mean when someone is really truly gone?”

“It feels strange to have spen much time wishing for something, for someone and then one day, suddenly, to just stop”

“Things feel like they'll be forever, but they aren't. Love can go away, or people can, without even meaning to. Nothing is guaranteed.”

“How was 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.”

“Lying here and looking up at the stars like this, it makes me feel like I’m lying on a planet. It’s so wide. So infinite
-Belly Conklin”

“But what now? What am I supposed to do with all these feelings?”

“In his eyes, there was no trace of what had happened earlier, and I could feel something inside me break. So that was that. We were finally, finally over.”

“Because sometimes you just feel sad and you can't explain it.”

“I loved the feeling of talking and having somebody really listen to what I have to say. It was like a high or something.”

“He took a step closer. "I don't know if I'll ever get you out of my system, not completely. I have this… feeling. That you'll always be there. Here." Conrad clawed at his heart and then dropped his hand.”

“Lara: Because sometimes you just feel sad and you can't explain it.

Kitty: PMS?

Lara: No. It's not PMS. Just because a girl is sad, it doesn't mean it has anything to do with PMS.”

“I could make him mine. But I don't want him. I want someone else. It feels strange to have spent so much time wishing for something, for someone, and then one day, suddenly, to just stop.”

“It's kind of silly to feel so disappointed about something you only just realized you wanted, isn't it?”

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

“It's hard to concentrate when your feelings are hurt.”

“I have a feeling that when I'm Stormy's age, these everyday moments will be what I remember: Peter's head bent, biting into a chocolate chip cookie; the sun coming through the cafeteria window, bouncing off his brown hair; him looking at me.”

“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 kind of things.”

“I sank onto the deck. My heart was pounding a million trillion times a minute. I never felt more alive. Anger, sadness, joy. He made me feel it all. No one else had that kind of effect on me. No one.”