Jenny Han Quotes

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

Jenny Han
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.

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Seventeen's not so young. A hundred years ago people got married when they were practically our age." "Yeah, that was before electricity and the Internet. A hundred years ago eighteen-year-old guys were out there fighting wars with bayonets and holding a man's life in their hands! They lived a lot of life by the time they were our age. What do kids our age know about love and life?

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To belong to someone - I didn't know it, but now that I think about, it seems like that's all I've ever wanted. To really be somebody's, and to have them be mine.

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

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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.

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It's a known fact, that in life, you can't have everyhing. In my heart, I knew that I loved them both as much as it is possible to love two people at the same time. Conrad and I were linked, we would always be linked. That wasn't something I could do away with. And I know that now--that love isn't something you can erase--no matter how hard you try.

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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.

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That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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