Top 40 Jenny B. Jones Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “My fate is like those envelopes – sealed and tossed aside.”

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2. “In all these things, I am more than victorious through Him who loves me.”

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3. “This is Ireland, Finley. It’s rough. It’s wild. And it is holy.”

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4. “There are mistakes, and then there are choices.”

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5. “You’re a teenager. It’s all complicated.”

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6. “I loved him for the dad he didn’t have to be. But was.”

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7. “The boy was a trained actor, letting me see only what he wanted me to.”

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8. “A door in my heart cracked open an inch, and hope walked in.”

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9. “I love that feeling, when music rumbles in your chest and soaks all the way through, like it’s a part of you.”

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10. “So you like it here in Truman?” I pull my eyes from the road and face my stepbrother. “I’m about to weird you out, so brace yourself.” “Nuh-uh. Don’t do it. Do notsay – ” “I love you.” “Oh, man! Dude.” I start to giggle.”

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11. “I like my wi-fi as strong as my mochas.”

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12. “Did you know that at some point, a mama eagle pushes her babies out of the nest? She shoves them right out, and they have to fly to survive the fall.” “And if they don’t fly?” “I guess they don’t buy her a Mother’s Day present.”

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13. “Get out and see the town. Get to know the land, the people.” Her eyes sparkled with joy. “It’s a beautiful place. Full of life. Everywhere I look, I see God.”

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14. “He says that it’s okay to be fearful. That some of God’s strongest warriors were frightened. The difference between a believer and the rest of the world is that we press on. We can be shaking in our boots, but we don’t turn back.”

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15. “There’s nothing you’re searching for that can’t be found in Ireland-God, good music, beautiful landscapes, wonderful food, maybe even parts of yourself. You just have to be brave enough to look.”

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16. “Budge stomps into the room. “Do you know you have a blob of brown stuff on your nose?” “My life is in the crapper.” “I think it left a souvenir on your face.”

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17. “God isn’t exactly hanging out with me these days.”

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18. “You can talk to your old dad about anything, you know. Except boys. And bras. And that Bieber fellow.”

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19. “My church-inspired conclusion was that she was obviously a proud woman, so if she was anything like me, sympathy would not win her over. After my brother’s dissapearance, there was nothing I detested more than people oozing with softly spoken words and hugs that went on way too long.”

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20. “He framed my face now, and I met his stare in the dark of the car. “I think you’re beautiful.” My heart folded like an origami swan.”

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21. “I have things to tell you, but I don’t think there’s any point. It’s like you took a can opener and peeled the lid off my heart and leaped out the day Will died. Why are you so silent? Of all times to leave me alone.”

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22. “The wrong boy will bore you or annoy you,” Mom said. “But the right one? He’ll make you laugh, make you feel special.”

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23. “Family isn’t about genetics. It’s about the people who love you.”

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24. “Those eyes. So dark, a brown that held mysteries and promises I knew better than to think were for me. Yet when they were trained on me like they were now, my insides melted like gooey Nutella.”

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25. “I am so not into poetry. I thoroughly dislike the stuff. You read a poem, and it speaks to you. You write a stupid essay on it, and the teacher tells you your interpretation is wrong, and the author is really saying something else entirely. Oh, really? Did you talk to the author yourself? No, I didn’t think so!”

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26. “One of these days really soon, you’re going to be able to say, ‘I know what it is to be wanted, what it is to be loved. I know what home is, and I’m right where I’m supposed to be.”

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27. “I smiled at my champion, but he just shook his head and muttered more words in Spanish. I was pretty sure he either called me a beautiful tropical flower or a raving lunatic. Sometimes I get my nouns mixed up.”

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28. “I had finally, finally contracted the Love Plague. And the only remedy was Andrew James Wesley Levin. A boy so fabulous his parents had to give him three names just to contain all the wonder.”

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29. “Surprised? That was like saying the Middle East was a little tumultuous. That the ocean was big enough to swim in. That Channing Tatum was a wee bit attractive. Surprised was a paltry word for what I felt.”

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30. “It’s about a teenage girl. She finds out she’s a princess, goes to live in a foreign country, endures rigorous training to become royalty, wins the heart of everyone in the land, hooks up with a boy, and finds out she is to one day be queen of an entire nation.”

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31. “My own forecast? How about stressful with a hundred percent chance of freaking out.”

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32. “Stop thinking of hope as a feeling then. But instead, it’s something you work at, something you recommit to every day. It’s showing up and doing it scared. Fear is a cult that claims too many. It lures you in with faulty promises of safety. It wants to change your very identity and keep you bound to its lies. Not one decision I made out of fear has ever served me.”

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33. “Fake flattery or not, his words spiked my system with happy. Behold, the power of a guy paying attention to a girl.”

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34. “As if we all had scripts that said to react, every one of us morphed into an exaggerated reaction of shock.”

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35. “Satan plants questions in your mind and says, ‘Answer this with logic.’ But God says, ‘No, answer with faith.”

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36. “We girls can sometimes be like wild animals, able to sniff out the strongest among us.”

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37. “Logic doesn’t always lead us down the right path. Logic tells us not to take chances. Not to chase after that risk. To ignore the what ifs. I guess part of growing up is deciding when to listen to your head... and when to listen to your heart.”

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38. “I’ve known you since you were five. You didn’t kill anyone. Besides, if you try anything funny, I’m pretty sure I can take you.”

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39. “I don’t want to hear ‘I told you so.’” Frannie picked up the baby and kissed his chubby cheek. “Failure is what keeps us alive. It’s what tells the world we’re still trying.”

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40. “Finally the lock clicked. And the door opened. And there Lucy stood. An angel with a halo of blonde frizz. He stared at what they both knew was an absolute disaster and said the only thing he could. “I love it.”

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