Happy Again Quotes

“What does it really look like?

Isn't it obvious?

Not especially...

You. It looks like you.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“We already said everything last night. I think now it’s just good-bye.” He breathed out, ruffling her red hair. “I’m not sure I’m quite finished saying hello yet,”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“It was real,” she said, her voice thick. “Wasn’t it?” He looked up at her. “What was?” “Us,” she said. “Last summer.” “Yeah,” he said, stepping back again. “It was.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“I love Graham Larkin,” she said quietly, her voice full of emotion, and there was a flicker of surprise on his face, and then his expression softened. “You’re supposed to shout it,” he said, smiling as she tugged on the brim of the cap, forcing him to lower his face, bringing him closer and closer until their lips met. And even though they were in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world, lost in a sea of concrete and wood and metal, she could almost swear he tasted like the ocean.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“There was so much I was trying not to say. I guess it was easier to talk about nothing than about how much I missed you.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“It makes no sense,” she said, her voice cracking a little. “You and me.”

“I know that,” he said, reaching out and taking her hand, and the feel of his skin on hers nearly knocked the breath right out of her. “Sort of. But sometimes I think…”

“What?”

“That maybe it’s the only thing that makes sense.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“I want to be able to stand in front of a room full of people and actually be able to say the thing I want to say,” she told him.

“And I want to be able to stand in front of just one person and say the thing I want to say.”

She lifted her head. “Graham…”

But he only slid an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into him again. “Your turn.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“And I want us to be happy again.” “You already said that.” “Yeah,” she said, “but I figure it’s worth repeating.” “Well, it must be working,” he said, tightening his arms around her. “I don’t know about you, but I feel about a million times happier already.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“How about we just go with sayonara then?” Graham laughed. “Or au revoir.” “Arrivederci.” “Hasta la vista, baby,” he said, and then he stepped forward and kissed her again, sending a shiver through her in spite of the warmth of the early-morning sun.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“Sometimes it felt like she was still in the middle of a conversation with him, that they’d only paused for a beat; that this was nothing more than the space between musical notes, the timeout on a playing field, the long, slumbering winter before an inevitable spring.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“Well, there’s an after-party,” he said, leaning back to look at her. “But I’m only stopping by for pictures, and then I’ve gotta fly to Manila.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“Ellie looked over at him, and her stomach fluttered. They’d only just found each other again. And for the first time in a long time, there was still so much to say.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“By the time they finished eating, it was fully dark and a little bit chilly, the kind of night that’s caught somewhere between summer and fall, old and new.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again

“The truth is, she's still waiting for her heart to get on board with the decision her heart has made.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, Happy Again