Jenny Han

You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.

— Jenny Han

“You know what? Don’t even worry about it,” I said. “Cory Wheeler already asked me. I can tell him I changed my…

— Jenny Han

“Maybe really, really good things aren't meant to last for long; maybe that's what makes them all the more sweet, the temporariness…

— Jenny Han

“But then I think, no, I wouldn’t give up twelve, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen with Peter for the world.”

— Jenny Han

“I could make him mine. But I don't want him. I want someone else. It feels strange to have spent so much…

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I just think of myself as a writer. Yes, I'm a woman. And I'm a writer. The main challenge is that I…

— Jenny Han

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

— Jenny Han

“He texts back: I love you. I'm starting to text back, I love you, too, when my phone rings. It's Peter's house…

— Jenny Han

“Lara: Because sometimes you just feel sad and you can't explain it. Kitty: PMS? Lara: No.It's not PMS. Just because a girl…

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“The words come out of my mouth, but they don’t sound like me. I don’t sound like me. Probably because I know…

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“But I had loved him. I loved him longer and truer than I had anyone in my whole life and I would…

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“She and I were still friends, but not best friends, not like we used to be. But we were still friends. She'd…

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When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try…

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“You only likes guys you don't have a shot with, because you're scared. What are you so scared of?" I back away…

— Jenny Han

When a person you love dies, it doesn’t feel real. It’s like it’s happening to someone else. It’s someone else’s life. I’ve…

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I think you are going through so many 'firsts' as a teenager, and it's a charged time because of that. You don't…

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“I sank onto the deck. My heart was pounding a million trillion times a minute. I never felt more alive. Anger, sadness,…

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“Reevie . . . I feel wasted.” Her head sways from side to side, her hair hanging in her face. “Will you…

— Jenny Han

There's no use in asking what if. No one could ever give you the answers. I try, I really do, but it's…

— Jenny Han

“put my hand to his chest, over his heart. I can feel it beating. I let my hand fall away. His heart…

— Jenny Han

I don't think you ever love anything as passionately as you do when you're a teen. You remember the books you read…

— Jenny Han

“I didn't think of it as lying. I thought of it as playing make-believe. I told Kitty she was adopted and her…

— 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…

— Jenny Han

“The brief walk--from the screened-in porch outside to the Hearse--was one of those moments he knew he'd remember and look back on,…

— Jenny Han

“Peter: "What is it with girls and rain?" Lara Jean: "I don't know . . . I guess maybe because everything feels…

— Jenny Han

When you write something by hand, there's a sort of intimacy that is just intrinsic to that act. You don't get to…

— Jenny Han

“I wondered if it was possible to take someone's pain away with a kiss. Because that was what i wanted to do,…

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“Conrad and I were linked, we would always be linked. That wasn't something I could do away with. I knew that now-…

— Jenny Han

I think that, oftentimes, what people say is, 'We need an actress who'll be able to greenlight a movie,' and my counterargument…

— Jenny Han

I started writing my first book for young people when I was in college. I was only a couple of years out…

— Jenny Han

I had a bulletin board in my bedroom with every picture of Leo ever taken - keep in mind, this was pre-'Titanic'…

— Jenny Han

“She laughs. “Except you, Lara Jean. You’re still itty-bitty pocket-sized.” She says it sweetly. Like sweetened condensed milk. Sweet and condescending. Poured…

— Jenny Han

“Reeve shakes his head and exhales loudly. “That’s not what I’m saying and you know it!” He looks away. “Can you just…

— Jenny Han

“what if i came here and i ended up loving it? what if, after a year, i didn't want to leave? what…

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“I spun away from him. I didn’t need his pity. I started walking in the opposite direction of the house. I didn’t…

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“Sisters are supposed to fight and make up, because they are sisters and sisters always find their way back to each other.…

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“And after, when it was bedtime, I would sing, “We love you, Conrad, oh yes we do. We love you, Conrad, and…

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“I decided Conrad was right after all. Ilsa was meant to be with Laszlo. That was the way it was always supposed…

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“Peter’s gone away on his training weekend. It’s only been one day and I’m already longing for him the way I long…

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“He took a step closer. "I don't know if I'll ever get you out of my system, not completely. I have this...…

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