Stephanie Perkins Quotes

“A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After

“I’m teleporting to Atlanta. I’m picking you up, and we’ll go someplace where our families can’t find us. We’ll take Seany. And we’ll let him run laps until he tires, and then you and I will take a long walk. Like Thanksgiving. Remember? And we’ll talk about everything BUT our parents … or perhaps we won’t talk at all. We’ll just walk. And we’ll keep walking until the rest of the world ceases to exist.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“My mind wanders to the other side of the courtyard, where St. Clair waits with Josh in Q-through-Z. I wonder if I have any classes with him. I mean, them. Classes with them.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“Thank you for helping my sister,” he says.
I lean forward, mimicking his position. “I’m happy to.”
Calliope leans out her window. “STOP FLIRTING AND GET BACK TO WORK.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

“We're enveloped in pitch black. "Wait here," I whisper.
"Are you getting your ax?"
"Handcuffs."
"Kinky. But, okay, I'll try it.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After

“We straighten , bu our snickering is barely contained as we attempt to focus our attention on a picture of a discarded Coke can. "This guy's lady love is kind of a slob, don't you think?" he whispers.
I cover my mouth with my hands again.
"A reaaaaaaaal litterbug."
"Stop it," I hiss. My eyes are watering. "Ohmygod look at this one! How did he get her toenail clippings?"
"If you were my girl," he whispers, "I'd take creepy pictures of your trash when I knew you weren't looking."
"If you were my girl," I whisper back," I"d put the creepy pictures in a foreign museum so you wouldn't know that I take creepy pictures.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After

“Así pues, ¿qué deseo? ¿Algo que no sé si quiero? ¿A alguien que no sé si me conviene? ¿A alguien que sé que no puedo tener?
A la mierda. Que lo decida la suerte.
«Deseo lo que sea mejor para mí.»
Toma generalización.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“His name explodes inside of me like cannon fire.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

“The kind of person who radiates a natural magnetic field, who everyone is drawn to, who everyone is dazzled by.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“And then this—the moment he calls my name—is the real moment everything changes.

He is no longer St. Clair, everyone's pal, everyone's friend.

He is Etienne, like the night we met. He is Etienne; he is my friend.

He is so much more.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“What's wrong with me? Why do I always fall for the wrong guy?”
― Stephanie Perkins

“How can I be afraid of being alone, if it's the only thing I've been lately?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“Thank you for being you, because you are my favorite.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“What are you doing here?' Her lips twisted with displeasure.

'I just saved your friend's life.' Chaos replied sharply.

And was it just Evangeline's imagination, or did he puff out his chest?
...
'Well, I'm here now, so-' Lala waved a hand toward the forest.

'Did you just dismiss me?' Castor asked.

'I tried,' Lala said.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“I'm not sure why, but I forgot that he has brown eyes. Why do they make some people look amazing and other completely average? It's the same with brown hair.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“Um, no. There's no way I'm wearing bowling shoes. Hundreds of people use those things and, what, one spritz of Lysol is supposed to kill all of their nasty stinky feet germs? I don't think so.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“We're each making stellar work of pretending the other doesn't exist.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“I didn't mean to get all drama queen, when your problems are so much worse than mine. I'm sorry.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“...and that I shouldn't let him get to me. Which was sweet, but didn't really help.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“The only consistent bright spot has been St. Clair. We talk every day—calls, emails, texts.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“How could she keep this a secret from me? Her betrayal is infinitely more painful.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“And for the first time since coming home, I'm completely happy. It's strange. Home. How I could wish for it for so long, only to come back and find it gone. To be here, in my technical house, and discover that home is now someplace different.

But that's not quite right either.

I miss Paris, but it's not home. It's more like...I miss this. This warmth over the telephone. Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“I mean, who needs Christopher when Etienne St. Clair is in the world?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“I like your smile.'
I like yours, too.
But I don't have the courage to say it aloud.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“My wardrobe isn't exactly stocked with clothes for barhopping.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“...and though I've only known Paris for the last nine months, it's changed me. I have a new city to learn next year, but I'm not scared.
Because I was right. For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person.
And we're finally home.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“Thank you for believing in me. If I could, I would name a moon or a planet or an entire galaxy after you.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“It's not often in life that we get what we wish for. I am still pinching myself.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

“It is this simple: I would not have survived last year without you. It's an honor to travel this strange path together.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss