Stephanie Perkins Quotes
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A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities.
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Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.
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I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!
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Why is it that the right people never wind up together? Why are people so afraid to leave a relationship, even if they know it's a bad one?
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What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.
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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."
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If I had a euro for every stupid thing I've done, I could buy the Mona Lisa.
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My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.
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Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk boys.
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I wish the world would swallow us here, whole, in this moment. And that's when it hits me that this - this - is falling in love.
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How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?
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How many times can our emotions be tied to someone else's - be pulled and stretched and twisted - before they snap? Before they can never be mended again?
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Umbrellas are so small and sad and easy to forget.
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Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough.
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I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.
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Boys turns girls into such idiots.
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I'm not interested in making what's easy. I'm interested in making what's beautiful.
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The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.
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Life isn't about what you get, it's about what you DO with what you get.
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You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.
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I wish for the thing that is best for me.
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There are some people in life that you can't get over.
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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.
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I am hard on myself. But isn't it better to be honest about these things before someone else can use them against you? Before someone else can break your heart? Isn't it better to break it yourself?