Top 30 Hannah Bonam-Young Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “This book is dedicated to those who think Jess was Rory’s best boyfriend. The rest of you are wrong.”

— Hannah Bonam-Young

2. “Are you flirting with me?” I ask. Or at least I think I do. His soft, single laugh surprises me. “For over a year now. Thanks for noticing.” He kisses next to my ear.”

— Hannah Bonam-Young

3. “Our kiss is a reunion. It’s running into someone’s arms at an airport. It’s spotting an old friend across a crowded party. It’s relief and joy and gratefulness and surprise. And it’s perfect.”

— Hannah Bonam-Young

4. “Our souls were tied a long time ago, I think. We’re just finally admitting it to each other.”

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5. “I keep thinking that, as of my birthday, I’ll be older than my mom ever was. I hate that.”

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6. “It’s so much easier to communicate insecurities when you don’t need to communicate them at all. Isn’t that all we ever want? To be seen and heard? Validated, even when we’re not able to ask for it.”

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7. “So you don’t know who the dad is?” “It’s a bit of a Mamma Mia situation, I’m afraid,” I answer. “Here we go again,” Bo mutters under his breath.”

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8. “A dangerous feeling erupts in my chest. A goofy, body-possessing type of affection for this man.”

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9. “Yeah. It’s been quiet.” “Here?” “No, without you.”

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10. “And he kisses me back, fierce yet gentle, and it’s like a thousand hours spent wanting each other spilling between us.”

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11. “I wanted to write a book for anyone who’s let fear of failure slow them down. Not just for those of us who choose to have kids, or those of us who are disabled, but for anyone who’s been thrust into something new that took them so far out of their comfort zone they no longer recognised their past, afraid self.”

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12. “I think of the string Rochester described to Jane, tethered to each other’s rib. That he felt like he was going to bleed out by having it ripped off him if she went too far. I didn’t understand that until you. Missing you is painful. Physical and real. Perhaps if I keep tugging on this invisible string, you’ll follow it home. Yours, Matt.”

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13. “You are my soul’s purpose, Win. To know you, to love you, to build a family with you, to spend every day taking care of you, to watch you shine and get all the good things you deserve out of this life.”

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14. “Everyday we seem to talk about nothing and everything all at once. Every thought, every feeling, every memory recounted until we run dry. We continue to pour all of ourselves out to each other. Until our histories and stories started becoming more of a woven tapestry than a blank slate. And the nothing too. The insignificant observations and the silly anecdotes that no one else would care to hear. Those are just as important.”

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15. “Comic books,” Sarah says, snickering. “I’ve seen what you read on your Kindle. You’re in no place to judge.”

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16. “I love you, Win. I love you so much it makes me feel like I’ve hated everything else in my life up until now. Nothing compares to what I feel for you. Not even close.”

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17. “Perfect,” I mumble. Like a weighted blanket for my soul.”

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18. “It’s no longer a question if I love him. I know I do. It’s whether I can love myself as much as I love Matt that matters. If I can allow myself to love him in a way that he deserves, free from fear.”

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19. “I don’t try to force my body to be something or deprive it of pleasantries. It just is. And I like it, enough, as is.”

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20. “This is such a you gift.” The words tumble out of me. “Cheap? Boring? Peculiar?” He crosses one leg over his knee, which is bouncing. “No.” I find his eyes and hold his stare. “Thoughtful, careful, beautiful.”

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21. “About ten days ago, I started noticing little additions to his car. In the back seat, he installed the car seat’s base so we don’t have to use the safety belt each time. A few days after that, a mirror that rests on the headrest and looks down at her appeared. Then, the newest addition, an emergency kit in the trunk. Filled with items that would tide us over until he could get to me in the event of a flat tire or some other issue.”

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22. “It is an honour to wear your father’s ring. I’m – ” He swallows, gathering himself. “I’m going to look after it. I’m going to look after you.”

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23. “I fall asleep cocooned in my own blanket-turned-shield, facing away from him, long after he falls asleep. Hours later, I wake up to an alarm far earlier than I’ve ever set and my body draped across him like a starfish stuck to an aquarium’s glass wall.”

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24. “You can’t change anything by hiding it. You’ll just look back on memories and realise you tried to erase yourself. And how sad that would be.”

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25. “Sometimes it feels like everyone else has a script, and I’m doing improv.”

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26. “A deeper part of me realises, too, that I needed Bo. Someone who, from the moment I stuck out my hand, has understood me at a fundamental level that many people cannot. Someone kind, compassionate, hard-working who believes in me.”

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27. “Perhaps that’s all Bo and I are. Two people leaving behind the worst, looking forward to the good to come.”

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28. “I growl, turning away from him as I flop onto our bed like a dramatic starfish.”

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29. “Win’s choice is not superior, nor is she pressured into it. Win’s choice is just that. Her choice.”

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30. “As if we needed to add glasses to this powder keg of hormones I used to call my body.”

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31. “When did you start making your feelings smaller for other people’s benefit?”

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32. “I have something for you.” I lower the chain into my palm, and it coils like a snake. Then, once I’ve removed my father’s wedding ring from it, I lower to one knee slowly.”

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33. “Lane, I love you. Endlessly. Completely and with every piece of me. You’re funny and kind and smart and truly the best Scrabble player I’ve ever encountered.” He laughs and wipes a tear from his cheek. “I cannot wait to begin our story. The best is yet to come.” He closes the notebook tenderly and hands it to his father, who grabs his shoulder and kisses his cheek.”

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34. “These things just happen, sometimes.” I shrug, trying to act nonchalant where all I feel is chalant. Very chalant.”

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