Jenny Han citations

“It's the imperfections that make things beautiful”

“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?”

“Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.”

“I guess that's part of growing up, too--saying goodbye to the things you used to love.”

“Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone.”

“I will never look at you in the same way ever again. I'll never be that girl again. The girl who comes running back every time you push her away, the girl who loves you anyway.”

“How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire life? You don't. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you still remember.”

“Best friends are important. They're the closest thing to a sister you'll ever have.”

“Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones?”

“There are moments in life that you wish with all your heart you could take back. Like, just erase from existence. Like, if you could, you'd erase yourself right out of existence too, just to make that moment not exist.”

“But I had loved him. I loved him longer and truer than I had anyone in my whole life and I would probably never love anyone that way again. Which to be honest was almost a relief.”

“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?”

“I had been lying to myself, thinking I was free, thinking I had let him go. It didn't matter what he said or did, I'd never let him go." - Belly Conklin”

“He gestured at me. “That’s Belly.”
“Belly?” she repeated.
“Yup. She’s my girlfriend.”
I think I choked out loud.”

“I've always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.”

“You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.”

“He didn’t give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity

-Belly Conklin”

“Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.”

“And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you can’t stop
yourself from dreaming.”

“Life doesn't have to be so planned. Just roll with it and let it happen.”

“We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.”

“You only like guys you don't have a chance with, because you're scared.”

“It's not like in the movies. It's better, because it's real.”

“I release you. I evict you from my heart. Because if I don't do it now, I never will.”

“I don’t have to be so afraid of good-bye, because good-bye doesn’t have to be forever.”

“Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.”

“When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can't say in real life.”

“I want to say yes, but I don't want to be with a boy whose heart belongs to somebody else. Just once, I want to be somebody else's first choice”

“I didn't fall for you, you tripped me!”