Jenny Han Quotes

It was over before I even had a chance.

~ Jenny Han

But just because you bury something, that doesn’t mean it stops existing.

~ Jenny Han

She'd known me my whole life. It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing a part of yourself.

~ Jenny Han

My best advice is to first write for yourself and stay in your story and just pour all of your good stuff and bad stuff into it. By 'stuff,' I mean all the experiences and pleasures and little hurts that make up a life. Because even (and especially) the really hard experiences are worth having, if you can channel those emotions into something beautiful.

~ Jenny Han

But you never said anything! Not one frigging word, Lara Jean!”Automatically I say, “Don’t say ‘frig.’ ”“Not one frigging word,” Kitty repeats with a shake of her head.Peter cracks up, and I give him a dirty look. “It all happened really fast,” he offers. “There was barely time to tell anybody—”“Was I talking to you?” Kitty snaps. “No, I don’t think so. I was talking to my sister.”Peter’s eyes widen, and I can see him trying to keep a straight face.

~ Jenny Han

Actually, judging by Pinterest alone, I'm pretty sure a lot of people would look forward to hanging out in such a beautiful library. Just not people Peter knows. He thinks I'm so quirky. I'm not planning on being the one to break the news to him that I'm actually not that quirky, that in fact lots of people like to stay home and bake cookies and scrapbook and hang out in libraries. Most of them are probably in their fifties, but still. I like the way he looks at me, like I am a wood nymph that he happened upon one day and just had to take home to keep.

~ Jenny Han

This is our life, there's no use in asking what if. No one could ever give you the answers.

~ Jenny Han

I don't think relationships are just physicality. There are ways to show you care about someone, not just using your lips... Or any other body part.

~ Jenny Han

Lara Jean, why do you have to remember every little thing? It's not healthy.

~ Jenny Han

Sometimes it hurts to look at you,” I said. I loved that I could say that and he knew exactly what I meant.

~ Jenny Han

The words come out of my mouth, but they don’t sound like me. I don’t sound like me. Probably because I know it’s all lies. But I can see that they’re lies that Reeve believes. He swallows them whole. His eyes go blank. Empty. He completely shuts down.

~ Jenny Han

And for a second, just for a second I forget. I forget that this isn't real.

~ Jenny Han

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

~ Jenny Han

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.

~ Jenny Han

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life. that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end.

~ Jenny Han

Aching familiar in a way that made me wish I was still eight. Eight was before death or divorce or heartbreak. Eight was just eight. Hot dogs and peanut butter, mosquito bites and splinters, bikes and boogie boards. Tangled hair, sunburned shoulders, Judy Blume, in bed by nine thirty.

~ Jenny Han

My favourite food is cake.What kind of cake?It doesn't matter. All cake.

~ Jenny Han

I’ve never gotten a love letter before. But reading these notes like this, one after the other, it feels like I have. It’s like . . . it’s like there’s only ever been Peter. Like everyone else that came before him, they were all to prepare me for this. I think I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you. And Peter does. He sees me, and I see him.

~ Jenny Han

You can't protect him from being hurt, babe, no mattter what you do. Being vulnerable, letting people in, getting hurt...it's all a part of being in love.

~ Jenny Han

If people knew you, they would love you. He sounds matter-of-fact.Josh, you break my heart. And you're a liar.Because you know me, you know me better than almost anybody, and you don't love me.

~ Jenny Han

Josh and I started out so easy, so fun, and now we're like strangers. I'll never have that person back, who I knew better than anyone and who knew me so well.

~ Jenny Han

I’m clenching my fists so tight my fingernails leave red crescent moons on my skin. I feel a surge, a heat roar up inside me. As bad as I’m hurting now, he’ll hurt ten times worse. That’s the only thing that keeps me going.

~ Jenny Han

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

~ Jenny Han

For a minute there it was really good. It was really, really good. Wasn't it good? Maybe really, really good things aren't meant to last for too long; maybe that's what makes them all the more sweet, the temporariness of them.

~ Jenny Han

I say looking on the bright side of life never killed anybody.

~ Jenny Han

I think that time might be different for young people. The minutes longer, stronger, more vibrant.

~ Jenny Han

It could have happened lots of ways. But this is the way it happened. This is the path we took. This is our story.

~ Jenny Han

I like you so much I don't know what to do with it. My heart beats so fast when I know I'm going to see you again.

~ Jenny Han

Just when we thought everything was going to be okay, we all fell apart.

~ Jenny Han

I stared at him. Did he really just say that? Did he remember? The way he looked back at me, one eyebrow raised, I knew he did. And this time, I was the one to look away. Because I remembered. I remembered everything.

~ Jenny Han

Peter will love Lara Jean with all his heart, always.

~ Jenny Han

It's funny how much of childhood is about proximity. Like who your best friend is is directly correlated to how close your houses are, who you sit next to in music is all about how close your names are in the alphabet. Such a game of chance.

~ Jenny Han

He smiled at me, and that smile -- he just gets in. His smile did it every time.

~ Jenny Han

So, how does he kiss?I'm blushing. I tap my fingers on my lips before I say, He kisses like ... like it could be his job.

~ Jenny Han

His face darkens. He glares at me and I glare back. Fine! he yells. I'm jealous! Are you happy now!And then he jerks is head toward mine and he kisses me. On the lips.

~ Jenny Han

I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it.

~ Jenny Han

Let's do it fucking for real, Lara Jean. Let's go all in. No more contract. No more safety net. You can break my heart. Do whatever you want with it.

~ Jenny Han

This is Karma. I'm a bitch. Can you think of anyone who deserves a bitch slap?My phone buzzes again.If so meet at Judy Blue Eyes, 2am. If not, sit back and enjoy the show.

~ Jenny Han

I wonder, though…what would it be like? To be that close to a boy and have him see all of you, no holding back.

~ Jenny Han

It still feels weird to spend money on Christmas trees. Back when Mom was alive, we’d go out “tree hunting.” That’s what she called it, anyway. I think other people might use the word “trespassing.

~ Jenny Han