Top 250 Stephanie Perkins Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “She kissed his lips then. They tasted of apples and cheese, of the revelation of things you never imagined going so well together. She tasted meting ice cream, too, melting defenses, herself melting into Russell.”

— Stephanie Perkins

102. “North whipped around to stare at her. For a moment, his expression was ureadable. And then... he smiled. It was warm-unexpectedly warm-and it made Marigold feel the teensiest bit calmer.”

— Stephanie Perkins

103. “What my parents never considered is that I just wanted a choice.”

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104. “I want to kiss him for the rest of the night, for the rest of our lives. The one.”

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105. “Everybody has at least one moment they deeply regret, but that one moment... it doesn’t define all of you.”

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106. “My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.”

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107. “Marigold searched between the trees – free organic hot apple cider clutched between her hands, she was not immune to its lure – and strained her ears over the sounds of laughing children and roaring chain saws. Under any other context, this combination would be alarming. Here, it was positively merry. Or it would’ve been, had her stomach not already been churning with horror-movie-like dread.”

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108. “And I hold my head high toward my big entrance, hand in hand with the boy who gave me the moon and the stars.”

— Stephanie Perkins

109. “Do adults realize how lucky they are? Or do they forget that these small moments are actually small miracles? I don’t want to ever forget.”

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110. “It’s ridiculous how difficult a question can be when the answer means so much.”

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111. “I wasn’t being a git. I wasn’t even being a twat, or a wanker, or any of your other bleeding Briticisms -.”

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112. “It’s maddening how someone so easy to read can be so impossible to understand.”

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113. “There were no glimmering moments where their looks hooked on to each other and grew hot, and no catching sight of one of the boys in a ray of sun and thinking, I wonder what his skin tastes like.”

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114. “What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.”

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115. “It’s not stupid to want to put on a pretty dress and feel beautiful for a night.”

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116. “I don’t know what I want to do, or who I want to be, or where I want to live. It’s like everyone else has their entire future mapped out except for me.”

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117. “I’ll only be twenty-minute train ride from your school, and I’ll make the commute to see you every night. I’d take a commute ten times just to be with you every night.”

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118. “I’m beginning to think that maybe it’s okay to be a blank canvas. Maybe it’s okay that my future is unknown. And maybe,” I say with another smile, “it’s okay to be inspired by the people who do know their future.”

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119. “Madame Guillotine gets mad at me. Not because I told them to shove it, but because I didn’t say it in French. What is wrong with this school?”

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120. “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 that’s not enough for me, and it won’t be enough for him either once he finally realizes the truth.”

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121. “What do you say to someone who is not the same and yet completely the same?”

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122. “But it’s a person’s imperfections that make them perfect for someone else.”

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123. “Josh is a romantic. He likes being in love, and he craves love to fill the void left by his absentee parents. Maybe our relationship didn’t happen quickly because we’re perfect for each other, but because we each got swept away by it – him because of this insatiable need, me because of my pre-existing crush. Did those three years of longing cloud my perception of reality? How well do I really know him? Since I’ve last seen him in person, I’ve been faced with several incarnations that I didn’t even know existed.”

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124. “Beautiful. He called me beautiful! But wait. I don’t like Dave. Do I like Dave?”

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125. “Is it possible that I’m worthy of being loved by someone whom I love?”

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126. “Isla... why do you think that Josh didn’t love you?” My voice grows even smaller. “Because I thought no one could love me.” “And why did you think that?” “Because I didn’t think I was worth loving.”

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127. “Some of us wear our hearts. Some of us carry them.”

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128. “And if I’m the stars, Cricket Bell is entire galaxies.”

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129. “The room is full of adult Honeywells talking about the things that Honeywells always talk about, which is to say everything, horses and houses and God and grouting, tanning salons and – of course – theater. Always theater. Honeywells like to talk. When Honeywells have no lines to speak, they improvise. All the world’s a stage.”

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130. “Artists are inspired by blank canvases.”

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131. “Ese beso nos proporciona la fortaleza suficiente para afrontar nuestro futuro.”

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132. “Hand in hand with the boy who gave me the moon and the stars.”

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133. “I’m just as big a fool as the rest of them.”

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134. “They left me. My parents actually left me! IN FRANCE!”

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135. “As far as you go, he believes in what he does, and in second chances. He loves people. I’d go so far as to say he loves you.” Loved me? “Why? I don’t follow the rules. Aren’t religious people into rules?” “Rules make people feel safe. But they can turn into judgments. Condemnation is easy, Vaughn. The harder choice is love, and it’s one my dad makes every day.”

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136. “Instead, I argue and roll my eyes and act indifferent. And when I touch his arm, I shove it. Because that’s what friends do.”

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137. “He punished the naughty and rewarded the nice. Just like someone else who wore a lot of red. Scramble the letters in S-A-N-T-A and you get S-A-T-A-N.”

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138. “North could have kissed her. He could have done it, he could have swooped in, but he was being respectful. It made her want to devour him whole. Or be devoured whole.”

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139. “Any bloke with a working prick would be insane not to like you. There’s a shocked pause, on both ends of the line. Because, of course, of how intelligent you are. And funny.”

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140. “Here’s the thing about Cricket Bell. You can’t NOT notice him when he walks into a room. The first thing that registers is his height, but it’s quickly followed by recognition of his energy. He moves gracefully like his sister, but with an enthusiasm he can’t quite control- the constantly moving body, hands, feet. He’s been subdued the last few times I’ve seen him, but he’s fully revived now.”

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141. “I blame it on his pants.”

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142. “Outside, there may be reindeer that fly across the moon. Outside, there may be questions with the wrong answers and lies that are better to tell. Outside, it may be cold. But I am here. I am here, and he is here, and everything I need to know is that I will hold him and he will hold me until I am warm again, until I know I belong.”

— Stephanie Perkins

143. “I pick a fight. I am cruel. I annihilate him.”

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144. “He tastes like champagne. He tastes like desire. He tastes like my deepest craving fulfilled.”

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145. “It’s not right. It hasn’t been right, not since I met you.”

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146. “Josh grins. It’s wide and relieved and reveals a rarely seen pair of dimples. I could live inside those dimples for the rest of my life.”

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147. “The feeling is that we have everything to say. And where do you begin with everything?”

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148. “Mademoiselle Oliphant. It translates to ‘Point zero of the roads of France.’ In other words, it’s the point from which all other distances in France are measured.” St. Clair clears his throat. “It’s the beginning of everything.” I look back up. He’s smiling. “Welcome to Paris, Anna. I’m glad you’ve come.”

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149. “Summoning those memories was like touching a burning pot. She could do it only briefly before she had to pull away.”

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150. “It’s the beginning of everything.”

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