434 Quotes by Stephanie Perkins

Why is it that the right people never wind up together? Why are people so afraid to leave a relationship, even if they know it’s a bad one?

There’s another uncomfortable tug on my heart. Why do I care so much about him, and why do I wish I didn’t? How can one person make me so confused all the time?

Instead, I argue and roll my eyes and act indifferent. And when I touch his arm, I shove it. Because that’s what friends do.

It’s strange. Home. How I could wish for it for so long, only to come back and find it gone. To be here, in my technical house, and discover that home is now someplace different.

Any bloke with a working prick would be insane not to like you. There’s a shocked pause, on both ends of the line. Because, of course, of how intelligent you are. And funny.

But I could be mistaking our friendship for something more, because I want to mistake it for something more.

Just because something isn’t practical doesn’t mean it’s not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough.

You’ve built up this idea about me, this ideal, but I’m not that person. I’m not perfect. I am far from perfect. I’m not worth such a beautiful story.

It’s about isolation and loneliness, but it’s also about friendship. Being exactly what the other person needs.