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Stephanie Perkins

(1981) Researcher United States

500 quotes in 593 categories

A warm voice over the telephone can make a person feel like home, not just a place. Perkins shows how a simple mistake can become a whole person in memory, and she mixes humor about language and cultural quirks with heartfelt moments. Her words explore how love and identity can be tangled in everyday speech.

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Stephanie Perkins is a researcher from the United States, best known for Anna and the French Kiss.

Quick Facts About Stephanie Perkins

Born: November 24, 1981
Nationality: United States
Profession: Researcher
Notable works: Anna and the French Kiss

About Stephanie Perkins

She also wrote Lola and the Boy Next Door and the New York Times bestseller Isla and the Happily Ever After. The novel There's Someone Inside Your House was turned into a Netflix movie with the same title.

Quotes by Stephanie Perkins

“That was pants.”

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“Foomp! My inner fire ignites.”

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Anna-and-the-french-kiss

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“Har. Bloody. Har.”

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“This is home. The two of us.”

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Home

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“Screw it. Let the fates decide”

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“You look like a corgi”

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Animal

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“When it's right, it's simple.”

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“It's so Hogwarts.”

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Funny

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“Nice strawberries. Shut up. No, I mean it. Cute.”

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Umbrellas are so small and sad and easy to forget.

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“People say be different I am so why am I bullied?”

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“...home isn't a place. It's a person.”

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Home

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“It's a relief to know it won't happen. It makes things easier.”

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“Holy crap. I just slept with St. Clair.”

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Holy

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“I'm in love with my new best friend.”

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“That's it," Rashmi says. "I'm outta here. Enjoy your hormones.”

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“And we'll keep walking until the rest of the world ceases to exist.”

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“I’m not even embarrassed to hug my parents in public. Except when Nathan wears a sweatband when he goes running. Because really!”

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Father

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It's ridiculous how difficult a question can be when the answer means so much.

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“People should say what they mean and not make other people stumble around.”

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I'm not interested in making what's easy. I'm interested in making what's beautiful.

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Beautiful

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

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Friend

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“How did my parents live before texting? Before the internet? I’m used to knowing things and all of this unknowing is driving…

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Internet

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“I want to feel the creases in his skin, connect his freckles with invisible lines, brush my fingers across the inside of…

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Freckles

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“I'm going to be sick. I'm going to vomit that weird eggplant tapenade I had for dinner, and everyone will hear, and…

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Humor

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“One regular, clockworkorange88, said this: It sucked balls. Dirty balls. Like I-ran-a-mile-in-July-while-wearing-leather-pants balls. Sounds about right.”

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“I'm just saying that if it were Anna, I'd want to meet her coworkers. See where she's spending her time." I stare…

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“I know sneakers aren't very French-I should be wearing pointy boots or scary heels-but at least they aren't white. It's true what…

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“I grip the edge of a sidewalk cafe table to keep from falling. The diners stare in alarm, but I don't care.…

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“Watch it." Josh bites into a pink apple and talks through a full mouth. "He has parts down there you don't have."…

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“Please. The boy gets a boner every time you walk into the room." My eyes pop back open. Does she mean that…

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“We stop at a red light.Mom stares at me."You like him" "OH GOD,MOM." "You do.You like this boy." "He's just a friend.He…

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“You know,” I tease, “you still haven’t told me why you’re here. You were…passing by? Wanted to brag about getting a week…

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“It was around the time of the divorce that all traces of decency vanished, and his dream of being the next great…

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American values

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“You tell me I'm beautiful,and that you like my hair and you like my smile. You rest your leg against mine in…

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Birthday

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“Toph kicks over the microphone stand in a grand,asshole gesture,and the three of them jump off the stage.It's a little less dramatic…

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Bottled water

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“I know. And I couldn't wait any longer, I have to tell you - " The panic rises, and I grip the…

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Panic

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“So you and St. Clair seemed pretty friendly at breakfast." "Um." Is she threatened by me? "I wouldn't get any ideas if…

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“Ollie hadn’t been kidding. He really did like jigsaw puzzles. A countryside harvest festival was spread across the coffee table, and its…

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First person

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“What are you doing here?" He takes a deep breath. "I came for you." "And how on EARTH did you know I…

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Brown eyes

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Stephanie Perkins by topic

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