Quotes by Stephanie Perkins

“We cant stop smiling at each other. I cant believe that adults get to do this every day. And I dont even mean sex, though its wonderful, but things like this. Brushing our teeth at the same sink. D...”

“Cricket Bell. I smiled into my phone. How did you get so wise?”

“And then there's the other thing.The thing I'm trying to ignore. The thing I shouldn't want, the thing I can't have.And he's standing in front of me right now.So what do I wish for? Something I'm n...”

“I have a rule.""Elaborate."The statue is still warm from the previous visitors. "I ask myself, if the worst happenedif I did get knocked up-would I be embarrassed to tell my child who his father wa...”

“Im beginning to think that maybe its okay to be a blank canvas. Maybe its okay that my future is unknown. And maybe, I say with another smile, its okay to be inspired by the people who do know thei...”

“It gets worse. Josh tell her that he loves her. She says it back. He touches her. She touches him back. And then they're losing their virginity on the floor of her bedroom beside her pet rabbit, Is...”

“I don't know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas Tree Agnostic.”

“That guys. Sideburns. You like him?"My back squirms. "You've asked me that before.""What I meant was," he says, flustered. "Your feelings haven't changed? Since you've been ”

“Because that's the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don't want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I want...”

“A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities.”

“Thats the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I dont want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I want to nurtur...”

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

“They blinked in the dusk of the setting sun, a reminder that light was a recurring state.”

“I doubted myself, and that made me doubt you. But you werent the problem. You were never the problem. I should have trusted you, but I didnt, because I couldnt trust myself.”

“St. Clair gets a crush on Anna. He's torn between her and Ellie, and he spends so much time running between them that he hardly has time left for Josh. And the more time that Josh spends alone, the...”

“Thank you for helping my sister, he says.I lean forward, mimicking his position. Im happy to.Calliope leans out her window. STOP FLIRTING AND GET BACK TO WORK.”

“It's so Hogwarts.”

“Hes so close, yet so far away. Anna”

“..the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I dont want to let it go. Itbecomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I wantto nurture it, ...”

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