Top 250 Stephanie Perkins Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Boys turns girls into such idiots.”

— Stephanie Perkins

52. “Something deep inside me lurched. The stirring was as startling and unpleasant as it was thrilling and revolutionary.”

— Stephanie Perkins

53. “People should say what they mean and not make other people stumble around.”

— Stephanie Perkins

54. “Let’s vow to never become monsters that we are trying to protect ourselves from.”

— Stephanie Perkins

55. “Pinkie means excited or happy, thumb means thinking or worried. I’m surprised I know the meaning of these gestures. How closely have I been paying attention to him?”

— Stephanie Perkins

56. “I mean, really. Who sends their kid to boarding school? It’s so Hogwarts. Only mine doesn’t have cute boy wizards or magic candy or flying lessons.”

— Stephanie Perkins

57. “Saw two fallen branches in the shape of a heart. Thought of you.”

— Stephanie Perkins

58. “I just can’t fathom why anyone would stand on a ledge when there’s a respectable amount of walking space right next to it.”

— Stephanie Perkins

59. “And, suddenly, I want to touch him. Not a push, or a shove, or even a friendly hug. I want to feel the creases in his skin, connect his freckles with invisible lines, brush my fingers across the inside of his wrist.”

— Stephanie Perkins

60. “You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.”

— Stephanie Perkins

61. “The unexpected explosion of color and noise and beauty in her world has left her awed.”

— Stephanie Perkins

62. “I doubted myself, and that made me doubt you. But you weren’t the problem. You were never the problem. I should have trusted you, but I didn’t, because I couldn’t trust myself.”

— Stephanie Perkins

63. “The distance between us feels too close, too far, too close.”

— Stephanie Perkins

64. “For once in your life, listen to your younger sister. She’s taller, and she knows better than you.”

— Stephanie Perkins

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

— Stephanie Perkins

66. “Life is too short to be the same person everyday.”

— Stephanie Perkins

67. “I grip the edge of a sidewalk cafe table to keep from falling. The diners stare in alarm, but I don’t care. I’m reeling, and I gasp for air. How can I have been so stupid? How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn’t in love with him?”

— Stephanie Perkins

68. “So what do I wish for? Something I’m not sure I want? Someone I’m not sure I need? Or someone I know I can’t have?”

— Stephanie Perkins

69. “People live through such pain only once; pain comes again, but it finds a tougher surface.”

— Stephanie Perkins

70. “I’ll only say this once more. I like you. I’ve always liked you. It would be wrong for me to come back into your life and act otherwise.”

— Stephanie Perkins

71. “I collapse in bed and fall asleep with me other hand clasped around the blue rubber band. And I dream about blue eyes and blue nails and first-kiss lips dusted with blue sugar crystals.”

— Stephanie Perkins

72. “Don’t be a chickenshit. Tell him how you feel.” “What if he doesn’t love me?” “He does.” “What if he doesn’t?” “Ugh, then who cares? You won’t lose anything you haven’t already lost.”

— Stephanie Perkins

73. “I’ve always felt lucky to live someplace where snow is rare, you know? It’s rareness that makes it so speacial.”

— Stephanie Perkins

74. “People are confusing. They say one thing and mean the other.”

— Stephanie Perkins

75. “They thought puzzle were boring. But I’ve always thought they were satisfying, you know? Each piece having its exact place.”

— Stephanie Perkins

76. “Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find the story within the story.”

— Stephanie Perkins

77. “The distance between us grows with each passing minute. Will he take my arm again, or will I have to take his?”

— Stephanie Perkins

78. “If I had a euro for every stupid thing I’ve done, I could buy the Mona Lisa.”

— Stephanie Perkins

79. “That being singular is the exact thing that makes something – or someone – amazing.”

— Stephanie Perkins

80. “He stayed with her for so long because he liked the idea of being in love. He has an empty well in his heart that needs to be filled by someone. Anyone. But.”

— Stephanie Perkins

81. “Color me intrigued, Martin.”

— Stephanie Perkins

82. “It was sad that people only got along when everybody was unhappy.”

— Stephanie Perkins

83. “Makani peered over her grandmother’s shoulder and out the large window that looked across their front lawn. She scanned the yards for the boogeyman, the Babadook, Ted Bundy. The street was empty.”

— Stephanie Perkins

84. “Some people are finicky about going to the theater alone, but I’m not. Because when the lights go down, the only relationship left in the room is the one between the movie and me.”

— Stephanie Perkins

85. “I’m not interested in making what’s easy. I’m interested in making what’s beautiful.”

— Stephanie Perkins

86. “It’s become impossible to deny he means something to me.”

— Stephanie Perkins

87. “To be good at anything you have to practice.”

— Stephanie Perkins

88. “I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. “Is this okay?” I whisper. “Are you okay?” His reply is anguished. Honest. “I love you.””

— Stephanie Perkins

89. “Because eventually, no matter what the circumstances, he would see the real me. Josh is a beautiful, messy, passionate work of art, and I’m... a blank canvas. There’s nothing here to love.”

— Stephanie Perkins

90. “Seriously, I don’t know any American girl who can resist an English accent.”

— Stephanie Perkins

91. “I’m empty. I’m drained. And I can’t move. Not that I’d want to. Because that’s the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don’t want to let it go. It becomes a comfort.”

— Stephanie Perkins

92. “Y si yo soy las estrellas, Cricket Bell es una galaxia entera.”

— Stephanie Perkins

93. “I’m saying I’m in love with you! I’ve been in love with you this whole bleeding year!”

— Stephanie Perkins

94. “They didn’t talk much, but their silence was companionable.”

— Stephanie Perkins

95. “I don’t understand why things always go from perfect to weird with us. It’s like we’re incapable of normal human interaction.”

— Stephanie Perkins

96. “I just want you to know that we didn’t do anything but talk and sleep – sleep sleep,” he quickly adds. “Like with eyes closed and hands to oneself and dreaming. Innocent dreams. I would never do anything behind your back. I mean, never anything dishonorable. I mean-.”

— Stephanie Perkins

97. “You can carry alt these memories around. They’ll last longer than your grief, I promise, and someday you’ll be able to think of them and feel like I’m right there with you again.”

— Stephanie Perkins

98. “I want to feel the creases in his skin, connect his freckles with invisible lines, brush my fingers across the inside of his wrists.”

— Stephanie Perkins

99. “It doesn’t matter. I’m with you. I’m happy to be anywhere with you.”

— Stephanie Perkins

100. “I’m a little distracted by this English French American Boy Masterpiece.”

— Stephanie Perkins