Jenn V > Jenn's Quotes

“It's all in the view. That's what I mean about forever, too. For any one of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. You never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“the truth about forever is that it is happening right now”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood. If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Sawooon”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“Wes wants to be with Macy. And Macy, whether she'll admit it or not, wants to be with Wes. And yet they're not together, which is not only unjust, but when you think about it, tragical!”
― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

“But sometimes I get this strange feeling, an ache not for something I miss, but for something I've never known" -Rowan”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“And just so you know, we might be having dinner together,
but this isn’t a date,” Neil says, completely straight-faced. “I just
don’t want you to get too excited. I mean, your parents are going
to be there, so it would be really awkward if you were fawning over
me the whole time.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“I know you can do this. You’re the person who revolutionized
garbage collection at Westview, remember?”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon , Today Tonight Tomorrow

“Maybe this version of you would have been cool. But...you’re kind of great now, too”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“I tug his hoodie closer. We’re not soaking wet anymore, just a little damp. Now that we’re outside again, I’m convinced the smell of his hoodie had to be the rain. I’m not still thinking about it, but if I were, its just...petrichor.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“Artoo,
I'm switching back to regular handwriting. Calligraphy is hard, and I didn't bring my good pens. Or I need more practice.
Right now you're sitting across from me, probably writing HAGS 30 times in a row. I know a little bit of a lot of languages, but even so, I struggle to put this into words. Okay. I'm just going to do it.
First of all, I need you to know I'm not putting this out there with any hope of reciprocation. This is something I have to get off my chest (cliché, sorry) before we go our separate ways (cliché). It's the last day of school, and therefore my last chance.
"Crush" is too weak a word to describe how I feel. It doesn't do you justice, but maybe it works for me. I am the one who is crushed. I'm crushed that we have only ever regarded each other as enemies. I'm crushed when the day ends and I haven't said anything to you that isn't coated in five layers of sarcasm. I'm crushed, concluding this year without having known that you like melancholy music or eat cream cheese straight from the tub in the middle of the night or play with your bangs when you're nervous, as though you're worried they look bad. (They never do.)
You're ambitious, clever, interesting, and beautiful. I put "beautiful" last because for some reason, I have a feeling you'd roll your eyes if I wrote it first. But you are. You're beautiful and adorable and so fucking charming. And you have this energy that radiates off you, a shimmering optimism I wish I could borrow for myself sometimes.
You're looking at me like you can't believe I'm not done yet, so let me wrap this up before I turn it into a five-paragraph essay. But if this were an essay, here's the thesis statement:
I'm in love with you, Rowan Roth.
Please don't make too much fun of me at graduation?
Yours,
Neil P. McNair”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“Will you finally sign my yearbook now?” he asks when we quiet down. “I have to have a Rowan Roth autograph for when you get famous.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF NEIL MCNAIR’S FAVORITE WORDS - petrichor: the scent of the earth after it rains (English) - tsundoku: acquiring more books than you could ever read (Japanese) - hygge: a warm, cozy feeling associated with relaxing, eating, and drinking with loved ones (Danish) - Fernweh: a feeling of homesickness for a place you’ve never been (German) - Fremdschamen: the feeling of shame on someone else’s behalf; secondhand embarrassment (German) - davka: the opposite of what is expected (Hebrew)”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow