752 Quotes by Jenny Han

My mom adored her. She called Belly her secret daughter. She looked forward to seeing her all year. Steven, even though he gave her a hard time, he was really protective of her. Everyone took care of Belly, she just didn’t know it. She was too busy looking at Conrad.

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

If they don’t talk now, the scar will only harden over time, it will calcify, and then they’ll be like strangers who never loved each other, which is the saddest thought of all.

No matter what, I always want to remember his face.

I just wouldn’t want it to be less special, after we do it. I want it to always be a sacred thing, not something to take for granted because everybody else does it, or because we’ve done it before. I suppose anything can become ordinary or commonplace if you do it enough times, but my hope is that this never is. Not for us.

You only like guys you don’t have a shot with, because you’re scared. What are you so scared of?

It’s probably because you were each other’s firsts. That’s why you can’t let each other go. I’ve heard that’s how it is with firsts, especially with guys.

I keep trying to block it out, but it keeps on coming back.

She says sometimes you have to scream out emotions; if you don’t, they’ll fester.