I was more comfortable just watching antics like these, turning them into a myth in my mind, a legend. I watched life so that I could find the story inside it – it helped me make sense of things. But sometimes I got tired of my own brain, perpetually unsettled as it was.

— Stephanie Perkins

Stephanie Perkins Quotes

Was he bruised beyond recognition? Or were his injuries the worse kind, the ones that hid under the surface of the skin, giving false hope?

— Stephanie Perkins

Some habits of friendship were like muscle memory, rising up even when everything else had changed. I know our jokes, our rhythms, the choreography of our friendship. But that didn’t take away what we were now.

— Stephanie Perkins

But I could not help but love her, like shared genes also meant shared hearts, no point in fighting it.

— Stephanie Perkins

A living corpse is better than a dying heart.

— Stephanie Perkins

New people bring change.

— Stephanie Perkins

Heroism is overrated, and bravery often accompanies stupidity.

— Stephanie Perkins

If you like someone, you should have to make an effort. You should have to get to know the person – you should have to work for that first kiss.

— Stephanie Perkins

It is this author’s considered opinion that people talk entirely too much. Words, which should be used to communicate, are often used for the exact opposite purpose.

— Stephanie Perkins

And as I am in love, I have penned this tale in the hope that you should join me in this folly by falling in love with someone yourself. Because if we are all fools, then perhaps there is some wisdom in falling in love.

— Stephanie Perkins

It is the mature thing to say, which is something I think about too often at the age of seventeen. I guess that’s what happens when you’re forced to grow up too early.

— Stephanie Perkins

Maybe it was okay to imagine greater things. Maybe it was all for me, if I wanted it. With dawn of the new year on the horizon, I resolved to exert my will on the world.

— Stephanie Perkins

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.

— Stephanie Perkins

I think if you can find the right food to connect yourself to a happier time, or a happier version of yourself, it can help you remember. Help you get back to who you were when you were happy. It can change everything.

— Stephanie Perkins

How did anyone know anything before the internet?” “Our parents were idiots.

— Stephanie Perkins

Long-distance relationships are all about patience.

— Stephanie Perkins

You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the state of their surroundings.

— Stephanie Perkins

No one likes being alone.

— Stephanie Perkins

People were talking about SATs and college applications and summer internships. Everything seemed to be speeding up, and everything seemed to be gathering momentum, ready to go shooting off into the future on carefully plotted trajectories, while Gracie was still struggling to get her bearings.

— Stephanie Perkins

Just because a person reveals something to you about yourself doesn’t mean they’re meant to do more than that.

— Stephanie Perkins

I was running away from dating for the sake of running because I had gotten all too used to being on my own and not having to deal with anyone else’s crap, be it good crap or bad crap.

— Stephanie Celeste Perkins
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