Top 25 Quotes by Jandy Nelson of 84 - Page 4

... every available inch of his face busts into a smile - whoa. Has he blown into our school on a gust of wind from another world? The guy looks unabashedly jack-o'-lantern happy, which couldn't be more foreign to the

... every available inch of his face busts into a smile - whoa. Has he blown into our school on a gust of wind from another world? The guy looks unabashedly jack-o'-lantern happy, which couldn't be more foreign to the sullen demeanor most of us strove to perfect.

Jandy Nelson

School, Wind, Perfect

Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.15, Penguin

I didn't know love felt like this, like turning into brightness.

Jandy Nelson

Brightness, Knows, Felt

Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.99, Penguin

And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting?

Jandy Nelson

Simple, People, Sound

Jandy Nelson (2014). “I'll Give You the Sun”, p.101, Penguin

If bad luck knows who you are, become someone else.

Jandy Nelson

Luck, Knows, Ifs

Jandy Nelson (2014). “I'll Give You the Sun”, p.104, Penguin

At least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us.

Jandy Nelson

Sun, Hell, Decency

Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.18, Penguin

I don't know how the heart withstands it.

Jandy Nelson

Heart, Know How, Knows

Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.173, Penguin

He murmers into my hair, "Forget what I said earlier, let's stick with this, I might not survive anything more." I laugh. Then he jumps up, finds my wrists, and pins them over my head. "Yeah, right. Totally joking, I want to do everything with you, whenever you're ready, I'm the one, promise?" He's above me, batting and grinning like a total hooplehead. "I promise," I say. "Good. Glad that's decided." He raises an eyebrow. "I'm going to deflower you, John Lennon.

Jandy Nelson

Hair, Eyebrows, Laughing

There once was a girl who found herself dead. She peered over the ledge of heaven and saw that back on earth her sister missed her too much, was way too sad, so she crossed some paths that would not have crossed, took some moments in her hand shook them up and spilled them like dice over the living world. It worked. The boy with the guitar collided with her sister. "There you go, Len," she whispered. "The rest is up to you.

Jandy Nelson

Girl, Boys, Guitar

Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.129, Penguin