Stephanie Perkins Quotes

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.

You ought to stop listening to stereotypes and start forming your own opinions.

How many times can our emotions be tied to someone else's - be pulled and stretched and twisted - before they snap? Before they can never be mended again?

I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.

Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.

Life isn't about what you get, it's about what you DO with what you get.

I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.

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

A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities.

So what do I wish for? Something I'm not sure I want? Someone I'm not sure I need? Or someone I know I can't have?

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.

I wish for the thing that is best for me.

Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk boys.

If I had a euro for every stupid thing I've done, I could buy the Mona Lisa.

You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.

I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!

I didn't know it was possible to simultaneously hate and ache for someone.

Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find the story within the story.

What my parents never considered is that I just wanted a choice.

What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.

I wish the world would swallow us here, whole, in this moment. And that's when it hits me that this - this - is falling in love.

There are some people in life that you can't get over.

I know you aren't perfect. But it's a person's imperfections that make them perfect for someone else.

I don’t understand why things always go from perfect to weird with us. It’s like we’re incapable of normal human interaction.

You read a lot. - Safer than going on a real adventure

My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.

How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?

Boys turns girls into such idiots.

Perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring." I smile. "You don't think I'm perfect?" "No. You're delightfully screwy, and I wouldn't have you any other way.

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

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

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?

I've always thought the best relationships are those that are as happy and content in silence as they are in action [...]

I am hard on myself. But isn't it better to be honest about these things before someone else can use them against you? Before someone else can break your heart? Isn't it better to break it yourself?

Umbrellas are so small and sad and easy to forget.

Well, bloody noses." I hug his coat tighter. "Those are definitely hot.

I don't care about anything. But I care about you.

To: Anna Oliphant From: Étienne St. Clair Subject: So . . . Does that mean I can call you now?

We'll be together. We both got our Point Zéro wishes — each other. He said he wished for me every time. He was wishing for me when I entered the tower.

A moment of reserve. "That was it? The whole story?""Yes. God, you're right. That was pants."I sidestep another aggressive couscous vendor. "Pants?""Rubbish. Crap. S

Crushes are so awful. I wonder if they suck worse for the crush-er or the crush-ee. I consider my three years of watching Josh from afar. Yeah, definitely the crush-er.

Okay, I've lied to him. But you saw how jealous he gets. It makes me feel like I have to. And I shouldn't defend my right to be friends with another guy.

Do adults realize how lucky they are?

And then this — the moment he calls my name — is the real moment everything changes.He is no longer St. Clair, everyone's pal, everyone's f

You’ve crafted this bored veneer, but you’re always giving yourself away in moments like that. In the moments that really matter.

I'd like to point out that we've had zero problem reaching each other's mouths.

I don't know.  I don't really like old movies.  The acting is so, 'Hey buddy, ol' pal.  Let's go wear our hats and have a big misunderstanding

I don't know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas tree agnostic." He smiles. "I like it and you're a Yom Kippur atheist.

They left me. My parents actually left me! IN FRANCE!