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> [“You've spent all this time afraid to talk about what was going on between you two, but if you'd ever bothered to ask him, you would have discovered that he wasn't worth it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/you-ve-spent-all-this-time-afraid-to-talk-about-what-was-going-on/)

[stephanie perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

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## More by Stephanie Perkins

> [“This warmth over the telephone. Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place? Bridgette used to be home to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/this-warmth-over-the-telephone-is-it-possible-for-home-to-be-a-person/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“I wasn't being a git. I wasn't even being a twat, or a wanker, or any of your other bleeding Briticisms -”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/i-wasn-t-being-a-git-i-wasn-t-even-being-a-twat-or-a-wanker-or-any-of/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“You said on my birthday that you were afraid of being alone, but I’ve been here this whole time. This whole time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/you-said-on-my-birthday-that-you-were-afraid-of-being-alone-but-i-ve/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“Lola: Do you think things have to be easy? For it to work? Cricket: NO. I mean, yes, but... sometimes there are... extenuating circumstances.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/lola-do-you-think-things-have-to-be-easy-for-it-to-work-cricket-no-i/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“Sometimes a mistake isn't a what. It's a who.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/sometimes-a-mistake-isn-t-a-what-it-s-a-who/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“And that. Why don’t you call me Étienne anymore?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/and-that-why-don-t-you-call-me-tienne-anymore/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“Thanks. I forgot how to flip off the English. I'll use the correct hand gesture next time." "My pleasure. Always happy to educate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/thanks-i-forgot-how-to-flip-off-the-english-i-ll-use-the-correct-hand/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“Beautiful. He called me beautiful! But wait. I don't like Dave. Do I like Dave?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/beautiful-he-called-me-beautiful-but-wait-i-don-t-like-dave-do-i-like/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“You can't undo loss. You can't unmake a mistake.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/you-can-t-undo-loss-you-can-t-unmake-a-mistake/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“They didn’t talk much, but their silence was companionable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/they-didn-t-talk-much-but-their-silence-was-companionable/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“We're enveloped in pitch black. "Wait here," I whisper. "Are you getting your ax?" "Handcuffs." "Kinky. But, okay, I'll try it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/we-re-enveloped-in-pitch-black-wait-here-i-whisper-are-you-getting/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“And, suddenly, I want to touch him. Not a push, or a shove, or even a friendly hug. I want to feel the creases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/and-suddenly-i-want-to-touch-him-not-a-push-or-a-shove-or-even-a/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“My face is round, and my cheeks are pinchable, and my ears stick out farther than I'd like.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/my-face-is-round-and-my-cheeks-are-pinchable-and-my-ears-stick-out/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“There's something about blue eyes. The kind of blue that startles you every time they're lifted in your direction. The kind of blue that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/there-s-something-about-blue-eyes-the-kind-of-blue-that-startles-you/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

> [“I'm a little distracted by this English French American Boy Masterpiece.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-perkins/i-m-a-little-distracted-by-this-english-french-american-boy/)

[Stephanie Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-perkins/)

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