Book of Quotes

Always and Forever Lara Jean

Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han (To All the Boys I've Loved Before #3)

- "Never say no when you really want to say yes."

- "I guess that's part of growing up, too--saying goodbye to the things you used to love."

- "Peter will love Lara Jean with all his heart, always"

- "Kitty's always saying how origin stories are important.

At college, when people ask us how we met, how will we answer them? The short story is, we grew up together. But that's more Josh's and my story. High school sweet-hearts? That's Peter and Gen's story. So what's ours, then?

I suppose I'll say it all started with a love letter."

- "Is this how it goes? You fall in love, and nothing seems truly scary anymore, and life is one big possibility?"

- "Being vulnerable, letting people in, getting hurt... it's all part of being in love."

- "One day all of this will be proof, proof that we were here, proof that we loved each other. It's the guarantee that no matter what happens to us in the future, this time was ours."

- "It snuck up on me—growing up, I mean."

- "She always picked love; she always picked adventure. To her they were one and the same."

- "Music makes everything more romantic, doesn't it? One second you're walking your dog in the suburbs, and then you put on Adele, and it's like you're in a movie and you've just had your heart brutally broken."

- "I like the way he looks at me, like I am a wood nymph that he happened upon one day and just had to take home to keep."

- "I don't want to forget any of this. The way he's looking at me at this very moment. How, when he kisses me, I still get shivers down my back, every time. I want to hold on to everything so tight."

- "I have a feeling that when I'm Stormy's age, these everyday moments will be what I remember: Peter's head bent, biting into a chocolate chip cookie; the sun coming through the cafeteria window, bouncing off his brown hair; him looking at me."

- "I'm a person who saves things. I'll hold on forever. *"

- "Families shrink and expand. All you can really do is be glad for it, glad for each other, for as long as you have each other."

- "Wait, I thought I was your dream guy,' Peter says. Not to me, to Kitty. He knows he's not my dream guy. My dream guy is Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables. Handsome, loyal, smart in school."

- "He texts back: I love you.

I'm starting to text back, I love you, too, when my phone rings. It's Peter's house number, and I answer it eagerly.

"I love you, too," I say.

There is surprised silence on the other end, then a little laugh to cover it up. "Hi, Lara Jean. This is Peter's mom."

- "Actually, judging by Pinterest alone, I'm pretty sure a lot of people would look forward to hanging out in such a beautiful library."

- "There's an openness to his face, an innocence—a certain kind of niceness. It's the niceness that touches my heart the most."

- "Nothing good happens after two a.m. Unless you happen to be a fan of watching people play flip cup for hours on end. Not me. No, I'd much prefer to be in my flannel pajamas with a cup of Night-Night tea and a book, thank you very much."