Top 500 Jenny Han Quotes (2025 Update)
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451. “Was i on five or six? “Peter! You made me lose my count again!” “I have that effect on women.” I roll my eyyes at him and he grins back at me, but before he can say anything else, I yell,” Kitty! Get down here!”

— Jenny Han

452. “Daddy tips my chin. Firmly he says, “I would be nowhere without her, because I wouldn’t have my girls.”

— Jenny Han

453. “This is two romantic things in a row, so I figure I should praise him accordingly, because the boy responds well to positive reinforcement.”

— Jenny Han

454. “So that’s where I get it from. My dad. He lives in a fantasy world.”

— Jenny Han

455. “No matter what, I always want to remember his face.”

— Jenny Han

456. “Life is sexist. If you were to get pregnant, you’re the one whose life changes. Nothing of significance changes for the boy. You’re the one people whisper about. I’ve seen that show, Teen Moms. All those boys are worthless. Garbage!”

— Jenny Han

457. “It was the promise of maybe, maybe one day.”

— Jenny Han

458. “She would probably lump Chris in with the party girls, the girls who sleep around, the girls who aren’t “better than that.” She would be wrong. We’re all the same.”

— Jenny Han

459. “But I don’t think people change at the core.”

— Jenny Han

460. “A good scrapbook has texture. It’s thick and chunky and doesn’t close all the way.”

— Jenny Han

461. “All right, then we’ll wait. Whatever my girl wants.”

— Jenny Han

462. “Peter never met a compliment he didn’t smile at.”

— Jenny Han

463. “In memory, everything seems to happen to music.”

— Jenny Han

464. “I’m not what? As pretty as Genevieve?”

— Jenny Han

465. “All of this love crap makes me want to puke.”

— Jenny Han

466. “Song girls have an unspoken pact: to make life as easy as possible for Daddy.”

— Jenny Han

467. “It was turning it into a secret that gave it power.”

— Jenny Han

468. “My body is a temple not just any boy gets to worship at. I won’t do any more than I want to do.”

— Jenny Han

469. “And just like that, our little family grows bigger.”

— Jenny Han

470. “In his eyes, there was no trace of what had happened earlier, and I could feel something inside me break. So that was that. We were finally, finally over.”

— Jenny Han

471. “Growing up really is bittersweet.”

— Jenny Han

472. “I don’t want to have to play catch-up at the end of the day. I need to be a part of his daily life and he needs to be a part of mine.”

— Jenny Han

473. “Curling your hair is an intrinsically hopeful act.”

— Jenny Han

474. “I felt like I had won the lottery from that one smile.”

— Jenny Han

475. “When I’m old and gray, I will look back on this night, and I will remember it just as it was. Is. We’re still here. It’s not the future yet.”

— Jenny Han

476. “The most believable lies are the ones that are atleast a little bit true.”

— Jenny Han

477. “Kitty used to hoard raisins; she was probably the most regular kid in kindergarten.”

— Jenny Han

478. “Let’s take a selfie. We can’t, our phones are dead, remember? We’ll just have to have the memory in our hearts like the old days.”

— Jenny Han

479. “Dutifully I knock on the table. “What does knock on wood even mean?” Daddy perks up. “Actually, it’s thought to come from Greek mythology. According to Greek myths, dryads lived in trees, and people would invoke them for protection. Hence knocking on wood: just that added bit of protection so as not to tempt fate.”

— Jenny Han

480. “It’s funny how much of who we are as babies is who we are as we get older.”

— Jenny Han

481. “Her mind can’t go to the dark places mine does.”

— Jenny Han

482. “At college, when people ask us how we met... I suppose I’ll say it all started with a love letter.”

— Jenny Han

483. “It’s crazy, how similar we are. Here’s both of us, working through our stuff, trying to make something positive out of something really bad.”

— Jenny Han

484. “The Cheese Shop is a specialty food store right by campus, and they sell cheese, obviously, but also fancy jams and bread and wine and gourmet pastas. They make really great roast beef sandwiches with a house dressing – a mayonnaisey mustard that I have tried to duplicate at home, but nothing tastes as good as in the shop, on their fresh bread.”

— Jenny Han

485. “The day after graduation, the senior class packs up and goes to Nags Head for a week. Never in a million years did I think I would be going. For one thing, you have to gather up enough friends to rent a house together – like ten friends!”

— Jenny Han

486. “It’s not fair for the girl. Guys have it easy. I’m sure they were all congratulating him, pounding him on the back for being such a stud.”

— Jenny Han

487. “He deserves background music, he looks so good.”

— Jenny Han

488. “I lean over to him and put my palms on his smooth cheeks. “That’s how I know you’re still a boy. Because you’re so sure.” He.”

— Jenny Han

489. “The vote was between New York City and Disney World, and New York won.”

— Jenny Han

490. “I like that I am needed, that I am beholden to somebody.”

— Jenny Han

491. “The distance came slowly, like seawater filling up a boat, without us even realizing it. Before you know it you’re underwater.”

— Jenny Han

492. “He doesn’t know it, but when Peter talks about Genevieve, he gets a certain softness in his face. It’s tenderness mixed with impatience. And something else. Love. Peter can protest all he wants, but I know he still loves her.”

— Jenny Han

493. “It’s torturous standing there in front of him, waiting – for what, I don’t know.”

— Jenny Han

494. “The perfect chocolate chip cookie should have three rings. The center should be soft and a little gooey. The middle ring should be chewy. And the outer ring should be crispy” -Lara Jean.”

— Jenny Han

495. “Is your dad home? I’ll ask him.”

— Jenny Han

496. “And grumbling, he does it, in front of everybody, which is how I know he is utterly and completely mine.”

— Jenny Han

497. “I’m definitely a person who worries too much over every little thing.”

— Jenny Han

498. “It’s the good-byes that are hard.”

— Jenny Han

499. “She hot-potatoes the phone to me.”

— Jenny Han

500. “Like, why do I speak? Why did God give me a mouth if I’m just going to say dumb stuff with it?”

— Jenny Han