Top 80 Jenna Evans Welch Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.”

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2. “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover. Hard to find and lucky to have.”

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3. “A life without love is like a year without summer.”

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4. “Seems like secret romances have a shelf life” -Ren.”

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5. “Love and gelato.”

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6. “I thought I wanted caprice and fire, but it turns out that what I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don’t miss a sunrise.”

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7. “Labels aren’t big enough for people. And once you try to categorize someone, you stop looking for who they actually are.”

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8. “The road narrowed and then it got wider, then disappeared into the distance, too far for me to see what was ahead. And I just let it.”

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9. “Turns out there’s a reason they call it falling in love, because when it happens – really happens – that’s exactly how it feels. There’s no doing or trying, you just let go and hope that someone’s going to be there to catch you.”

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10. “You may be slow to warm up, but once you do, you light up the whole room.”

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11. “Sonia met my eyes in the mirror. ‘You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay its for the same two things.’ ‘What?’ ‘Love and gelato.’ ‘Amen,’ Howard said.”

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12. “And why did he have to call me “quiet”? I hated being called quiet. People always said it like it was some kind of deficiency – like just because I didn’t put everything out there right away, I was unfriendly or arrogant. My mom had understood. You may be slow to warm up, but once you do, you light up the whole room.”

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13. “Well, in that case, no. I’m not your father. But if you go with another definition, meaning ‘a man who wants to be in your life and help raise you,’ then yes. I am.”

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14. “So... Italian gelato. Take the deliciousness of a regular ice-cream cone, times it by a million, then sprinkle it with crushed-up unicorn horns.”

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15. “This was the thing I’d lost track of this summer. That being chosen – or not chosen – was not the thing that made me valuable. I was valuable regardless. I was enough, all on my own.”

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16. “Tonight I watched the sun set at Ponte Vecchio. I think its safe to say I have finally found the place that feels right to me. I just can’t believe I had to come halfway across the world to find it.”

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17. “Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, I really like you. A lot. But if you don’t feel the same way about me, it’s okay. Because you’re really important to me, and I hope we can still be friends.”

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18. “He turned around and I felt the shards of my broken heart crumble to dust.”

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19. “What I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don’t miss a sunrise.”

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20. “My voice was like weak tea.”

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21. “I know you’ve got this, but if there’s ever a moment when you don’t, you’ve got me.”

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22. “Hey, do you want to get a gelato?” I wrinkled my forehead. “What’s that?” He groaned. “Gelato. Italian ice cream. The greatest thing that will ever happen to you. What have you been doing since you arrived?” “Hanging out with you.” “And you’re telling me I only have one summer.” He shook his head, then stood up. “Come on, Lina. We’ve got work to do.”

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23. “I needed to find The Dress. You know, the once-in-a-lifetime dress guaranteed to make anyone fall in love with you.”

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24. “Difficult is not the opposite of good.”

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25. “Sorry are you asleep?′ ‘Not anymore. I saw Howard’s phone number and had a panic attack.”

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26. “Before I could catch it, my heart slammed straight down to my feet, leaving me with a massive hole in my chest. It was amazing how I could just be going along, doing okay, and then suddenly-wham-I missed her so much even my fingernails hurt.”

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27. “And yes. I’d totally just compared the only guy I’d ever felt this way about to a ham sandwich.”

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28. “Every time a traveler goes to Ireland and doesn’t stop at the Cliffs of Moher, a banshee loses her voice.”

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29. “He took one look at Mimi and wilted. “Whoa. What did I miss?” “Shut up, Thomas.” She turned and flounced away.”

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30. “It wasn’t a little kiss, Not like your first peck or like the time you made out with your junior high boyfriend behind the movie theater. It was throw-your-arms-around-his-neck, bury-your-fingers-in-his-hair, why-haven’t-we-done-this-before kissing.”

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31. “I like your hair better curly.”

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32. “She shook her head, then started fanning herself with her wallet. “Only in Italy.”

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33. “So I met this woman, and I fell completely head over heels in love with her. I’d never felt that way about anyone before – it was like I’d been looking for her all along and just hadn’t realized it. I knew I had to do everything in my power to make her feel the same way, so I started by being her friend.”

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34. “Hearts break open until they stay open. It’s what they were made to do. The pain? It’s part of the deal. A small exchange for the wild, joyful mess you’ll be handed in return.”

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35. “Sonia had left the journal right in the center of my pillow, like maybe she was worried I wouldn’t notice it otherwise, and it was weighing down the bed like a pile of bricks.”

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36. “I nodded at him and walked quickly along the path, like I was late to a meeting or something. Totally natural. People were probably always hurrying off to important meetings on the top of Italian hills.”

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37. “Did Italian food have some kind of fairy dust that made it way better than its American counterparts?”

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38. “You’re the one I like. Maybe love.”

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39. “I reached reverently into the bag, then took a big bite of the cornetta. It was warm and melty and tasted like every perfect thing that could ever happen to you. Italian summers. First loves. Chocolate.”

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40. “You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay, it’s for the same two things.” “What?” “Love and gelato.”

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41. “Cinque Terre. It’s on the Italian Riviera and it means ‘five hills.’ Each hill has a fishing village built into cliffs, with a hiking trail that connects them all.”

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42. “The cliffs are gorgeous. Breath-stealing, really. But not in the soft endearing way of a sunset or a wobbly new lamb. They’re gorgeous like a storm is gorgeous – one of those raw, tempestuous ones that leave you feeling awed and scared at the same time. Ever been trapped in a car during a particularly brutal thunderstorm? The cliffs are that kind of beautiful. Think drama, rage, and peace all packed up into one stunning package.”

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43. “Kalamata, no one knows what they’re doing. It’s called life.”

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44. “Today is a bad day, but it won’t always be this bad. I promise.”

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45. “It’s Olive. She’s my Atlantis.”

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46. “But it’s a good rule, Kalamata. Enjoy the moment, then carry the memories with you as a souvenir. It’s my life mantra.”

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47. “He said that there are two types of silence, the silence that is empty and the silence that is full, and it’s never hard to figure out which one you’re dealing with.”

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48. “I’d tried a few times, but I found out pretty quickly that most people don’t actually want to know about the hard things you’ve been through. They just want to look like they care and then move on to the next subject as quickly as possible.”

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49. “I had nutella on my face and my first real love sprawled next to me and any minute the stars were going to sink back into the sky in preparation for a new day, and for the first time in a long time, I couldn’t wait for what that day would bring. and that was something.”

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50. “My mom once told me that it’s difficult for kids to recognize their parents as anything but supporting cast members in their own feature films, and here it was true. I’d been so wrapped up in my own story with my father that I hadn’t stopped to think about what his story was.”

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