Quotes From "The Summer I Turned Pretty" By Jenny Han

Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone.
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Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone. Jenny Han
It's the imperfections that make things beautiful
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It's the imperfections that make things beautiful Jenny Han
Would you rather live one perfect day over and over...
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Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones? Jenny Han
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Sometimes it’s like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It’s like you see them through a special lens – but maybe if it’s how you see them, that’s how they really are. It’s like the whole tree falling in the forest thing. Jenny Han
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It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself. Jenny Han
Susannah continued.
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Susannah continued. "If and when I go off slow dancing in the ever after, I don't want to look like I've been stuck in a hospital room my whole life. I at least want to be tan. Jenny Han
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My mother was good at that, making people feel normal. Safe. Like as long as she was there, nothing truly bad could happen. Jenny Han
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She'd known me my whole life. It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing a part of yourself. Jenny Han
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I'd never heard of them, but at that moment, it was the best song I'd ever heard. I went out and bought Ten and listened to it on repeat. When I listened to track five, "Black, " it was like I was there, in that moment all over again. After the summer was over, when I got back home, I went to the music store and bought the sheet music and learned to play it on the piano. I thought one day I could accompany Conrad and we could be, like, a band. Jenny Han
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He smiled at me, and that smile -- he just gets in. His smile did it every time. Jenny Han
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I wished I could stay forever, in this moment. Like in one of those plastic snowballs, one little moment frozen in time. Jenny Han
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Sometimes it’s like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It’s like you see them through a special lens – but maybe if it’s how you see them, that’s how they really are. Jenny Han
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I could survive for months, years, on a crush. Jenny Han