Jenny Han - Quodid

About

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Jenny Han (born September 3, 1980) is an American author, screenwriter, executive producer, and showrunner. She is best known for writing The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, which she adapted into a TV series for Prime Video. She also wrote the To All the Boys trilogy, which was adapted into a Netflix film series.

Quotes from Jenny Han

For me, it was almost like winter didn’t count. Summer was what mattered. My whole life was measured in summers.

—Jenny Han in The Summer I Turned Pretty

beauty memory seasons summer

But I had loved him. I loved him longer and truer than I had anyone in my whole life and I would probably never love anyone that way again. Which to be honest was almost a relief.

—Jenny Han in It’s Not Summer Without You

We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.

—Jenny Han in It’s Not Summer Without You

silence communication nothing

I will never look at you in the same way ever again. I'll never be that girl again. The girl who comes running back every time you push her away, the girl who loves you anyway.

—Jenny Han in It’s Not Summer Without You

It snuck up on me—growing up, I mean.

—Jenny Han in Lara Jean

Sometimes I wish we'd met when we were twenty-seven. Twenty-seven sounds like a good age to meet the person you're going to spend the rest of your life with. At twenty-seven, you are still young, but hopefully you are well on your way to being the you you want to be.

—Jenny Han in Lara Jean

What if I came here and I ended up loving it? What if, after a year, I didn't want to leave? What then? But wouldn't it be great if I loved it? Isn't that the whole point? Why bet on not loving a place? Why not take a chance and bet on happiness?

—Jenny Han in Lara Jean

chance happiness

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.

—Jenny Han in Lara Jean

love future proof

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.

—Jenny Han in Lara Jean

Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.

—Jenny Han in We'll Always Have Summer

Books

Jenny Han has the following books quoted on Quodid: