A biography for Jenny Hanhasn’t been written yet.
“I wonder, though... what would it be like? To be that close to a boy and have him see all of you, no holding back. Would it be scary only for a second or two, or would it be scary the whole time? What if I didn't like it at all? Or what if I liked it too much? It's a lot to think about.”
“I delete the picture of him from my phone; I delete his number. I think that if I just delete him enough, it will be like none of it ever happened and my heart won't hurt so badly”
“If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms”
“As a child, I spent a lot of summers going to the beach with family friends.”
“College applications are such a huge part of senior year, yet often times you never see characters in books actually do work.”
“I think that's what distinguishes YA from adult fiction - it's not just the age of the characters, but it's the sense of hope. Because I don't think I've ever read a YA book that feels completely hopeless at the end.”
“Teenage years are all about crushes: crushes so deep you wanted to inhabit the other person, be inside their skin, see the world through their eyes.”
“We learn so much about the world by what we take in through movies and TV and books - we learn who's worthy of having their story told.”
“When you write something by hand, there's a sort of intimacy that is just intrinsic to that act. You don't get to delete something in the same way, where it's like it was never there.”
“If people knew you, they would love you." He sounds matter-of-fact.Josh, you break my heart. And you're a liar.Because you know me, you know me better than almost anybody, and you don't love me.”
“Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts.”
“It was over before I even had a chance.”
“This is two romantic things in a row, so I figure I should praise him accordingly, because the boy responds well to positive reinforcement.”
“The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.”
“I think most girls have that moment when boys they've known their whole life see them in a different way.”
“I pat her on the head. "Oh, naive little Kitten. Dear, foolish girl. This cookie is worth all this and more. Sit or you will not partake.”
“Josh and I started out so easy, so fun, and now we're like strangers. I'll never have that person back, who I knew better than anyone and who knew me so well.”
“Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me.”