Love & Luck Quotes

“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover. Hard to find and lucky to have.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Labels aren't big enough for people. And once you try to categorize someone, you stop looking for who they actually are.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Hearts break open until they stay open. It’s what they were made to do. The pain? It’s part of the deal. A small exchange for the wild, joyful mess you’ll be handed in return.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“...age has nothing to do with what you can accomplish- if you've got it, you've got it. Why wait until you grow up? And then once you're all grown-up, why stop?”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“I know you've got this, but if there's ever a moment when you don't, you've got me.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“This was the thing I'd lost track of this summer. That being chosen--or not chosen--was not the thing that made me valuable. I was valuable regardless. I was enough, all on my own.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“The cliffs are gorgeous. Breath-stealing, really. But not in the soft endearing way of a sunset or a wobbly new lamb. They're gorgeous like a storm is gorgeous —one of those raw, tempestuous ones that leave you feeling awed and scared at the same time. Ever been trapped in a car during a particularly brutal thunderstorm? The cliffs are that kind of beautiful. Think drama, rage, and peace all packed up into one stunning package.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“You don’t need anyone, unless you want them”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“The road narrowed and then it got wider, then disappeared into the distance, too far for me to see what was ahead. And I just let it.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Today is a bad day, but it won’t always be this bad. I promise.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Do you know what I love most about humans, pet? It’s our utter dogged stupidity. When it comes to love we never learn. Ever. Even when we know the risks. Even when it makes much more sense to relocate to individualized climate-controlled caves, where our hearts have at least a fighting chance at remaining intact. We know the risks of opening our hearts up. And yet we keep doing it anyway. We keep falling in love and having babies and buying shoes that look incredible but feel like death. We keep adopting puppies and making friends and buying white sofas that we know we’re going to drop a slice of pizza facedown on. We just keep doing it. Is it ignorance? Amnesia? Or is it something else? Something braver?”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“That being chosen—or not chosen—was not the thing that made me valuable. I was valuable regardless. I was enough, all on my own.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Every time a traveler goes to Ireland and doesn’t stop at the Cliffs of Moher, a banshee loses her voice.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“This time I really let loose. “I AM THE HERO OF MY OWN STORY.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“When you get to be my age, you realize that age has nothing to do with what you can accomplish—if you’ve go it, you’ve go it. Why wait until you grow up? And then once you’re all grown-up, why stop? Or at least that’s my motto.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“But the label thing is just part of being human, right? We like to categorize people, so everyone gets labels slapped on them whether they're right or not." I'd never thought about it that way before, but it was true. We even label ourselves; Bad at math. Flirt. Clueless.
"They're never right," Ian said, a hint of venom in his voice. "Labels aren't big enough for people. And once you try to categorize someone, you stop looking for who they actually are.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Grief requires you to circle around the issue at hand, sometimes passing it by many, many times until it is no longer the destination but just part of the landscape.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Labels aren't big enough for people. And once you try to categorize someone, you stop looking for who they really are.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“I found out pretty quickly that most people don't actually want to know about the hard things you've been through. They just want to look like they care and then move on to the next subject as quickly as possible.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“I’d tried a few times, but I found out pretty quickly that most people don’t actually want to know about the hard things you’ve been through. They just want to look like they care and then move on to the next subject as quickly as possible.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“A cupcake is a muffin that never gave up on its dream.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Heartache came in all sorts of flavors.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Grief requires you to circle around the issue at hand, sometimes passing by it many, many times until it is no longer the destination but just part of the landscape.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Etiketten zijn niet groot genoeg voor mensen. En als je eenmaal iemand in een hokje hebt gestopt, kijk je niet meer naar wie ze werkelijk zijn.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Mijn innerlijke stemmetjes hadden altijd een heleboel te vertellen over andermans gevoelens.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Alsjeblieft. Ik wilde een van jouw bloemen zijn.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Normaal gesproken appte ze als een negentiende-eeuwse schoolmeester die opeens een smartphone in zijn handen had gekregen: met keurige hoofdletters, gepast gebruik van emoji's, en altijd keurige volzinnen.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“cupcakes são muffins que não desistiram de seus sonhos.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“Flying to Ireland is not a huge deal, not when friendship is involved.”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck

“How was it possible to feel so horrible in a place that was so beautiful?”
― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck