59 Quotes by Jenna Evans Welch

Sonia met my eyes in the mirror. ‘You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay its for the same two things.’ ‘What?’ ‘Love and gelato.’ ‘Amen,’ Howard said.

Turns out there’s a reason they call it falling in love, because when it happens – really happens – that’s exactly how it feels. There’s no doing or trying, you just let go and hope that someone’s going to be there to catch you.

Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, I really like you. A lot. But if you don’t feel the same way about me, it’s okay. Because you’re really important to me, and I hope we can still be friends.

Love and gelato.

I thought I wanted caprice and fire, but it turns out that what I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don’t miss a sunrise.

And why did he have to call me “quiet”? I hated being called quiet. People always said it like it was some kind of deficiency – like just because I didn’t put everything out there right away, I was unfriendly or arrogant. My mom had understood. You may be slow to warm up, but once you do, you light up the whole room.

My voice was like weak tea.

Labels aren’t big enough for people. And once you try to categorize someone, you stop looking for who they actually are.

The road narrowed and then it got wider, then disappeared into the distance, too far for me to see what was ahead. And I just let it.