“You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay, it's for the same two things.""What?""Love and gelato.”
―
Jenna Evans Welch,
Love & Gelato
“Turns out there's a reason they call it falling in love, because when it happens - really happens - that's exactly how it feels. There's no doing or trying, you just let go and hope that someone's going to be there to catch you.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“A life without love is like a year without summer.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“You may be slow to warm up, but once you do, you light up the whole room” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“What I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don't miss a sunrise.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“[She was] like an exclamation mark in human form.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“And why did he have to call me “quiet”? I hated being called quiet. People always said it like it was some kind of deficiency—like just because I didn’t put everything out there right away, I was unfriendly or arrogant. My mom had understood. You may be slow to warm up, but once you do, you light up the whole room” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“So... Italian gelato. Take the deliciousness of a regular ice-cream cone, times it by a million, then sprinkle it with crushed-up unicorn horns.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Hey, I just thought of something.”“What?”“When we’re together, we make one whole Italian.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“I didn't get to stop missing her. Ever. It was the thing that my life had handed me, and no matter how heavy it was, I was never going to be able to set it down. But that didn't mean I wasn't going to be okay. Or even happy. I couldn't imagine it yet exactly, but maybe a day would come when the hole inside me wouldn't ache quite so badly and I could think about her, and remember, and it would be all right. That day felt light-years away, but right at this moment I was standing on a tower in the middle of Tuscany and the sunrise was so beautiful that it hurt. And that was something.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover. Hard to find and lucky to have.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck
“I want to try for another record tomorrow. What was that last kind I had? With the chocolate chunks?”“Stracciatella.”“I’m naming my first daughter after it.”“Lucky her.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Hey what's the matter? Are you crying?"I shook my head, slowly opening my eyes and smiling at him again. "No, it's nothing."But it wasn't nothing. I didn't want to ruin the moment by explaining to him, but suddenly it was like I had a zoomed-out view of this moment and I never, ever (ever) wanted it to end. I had Nutella on my face and my first real love sprawled out next to me and any minute the stars were going to sink back into the sky in preparation for a new day, and for the first time in a long time, I couldn't wait for what the day would bring. And that was something.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“I needed to find The Dress. You know, the once-in-a-lifetime dress guaranteed to make anyone fall in love with you.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“You're the one I like. Maybe love.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“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
“Well, in that case, no. I’m not your father. But if you go with another definition, meaning ‘a man who wants to be in your life and help raise you,’ then yes. I am.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Kalamata, no one knows what they're doing. It's called life.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Olives
“Turns out there's a reason they call it falling in love, because when it happens - really happens - that's exactly how it feels. There's no doing or trying, you just let go and hope that someone's going to be there to catch you.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“A life without love is like a year without summer.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“You may be slow to warm up, but once you do, you light up the whole room” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“What I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don't miss a sunrise.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“[She was] like an exclamation mark in human form.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“And why did he have to call me “quiet”? I hated being called quiet. People always said it like it was some kind of deficiency—like just because I didn’t put everything out there right away, I was unfriendly or arrogant. My mom had understood. You may be slow to warm up, but once you do, you light up the whole room” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“So... Italian gelato. Take the deliciousness of a regular ice-cream cone, times it by a million, then sprinkle it with crushed-up unicorn horns.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Hey, I just thought of something.”“What?”“When we’re together, we make one whole Italian.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“I didn't get to stop missing her. Ever. It was the thing that my life had handed me, and no matter how heavy it was, I was never going to be able to set it down. But that didn't mean I wasn't going to be okay. Or even happy. I couldn't imagine it yet exactly, but maybe a day would come when the hole inside me wouldn't ache quite so badly and I could think about her, and remember, and it would be all right. That day felt light-years away, but right at this moment I was standing on a tower in the middle of Tuscany and the sunrise was so beautiful that it hurt. And that was something.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover. Hard to find and lucky to have.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Luck
“I want to try for another record tomorrow. What was that last kind I had? With the chocolate chunks?”“Stracciatella.”“I’m naming my first daughter after it.”“Lucky her.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Hey what's the matter? Are you crying?"I shook my head, slowly opening my eyes and smiling at him again. "No, it's nothing."But it wasn't nothing. I didn't want to ruin the moment by explaining to him, but suddenly it was like I had a zoomed-out view of this moment and I never, ever (ever) wanted it to end. I had Nutella on my face and my first real love sprawled out next to me and any minute the stars were going to sink back into the sky in preparation for a new day, and for the first time in a long time, I couldn't wait for what the day would bring. And that was something.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“I needed to find The Dress. You know, the once-in-a-lifetime dress guaranteed to make anyone fall in love with you.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“You're the one I like. Maybe love.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“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
“Well, in that case, no. I’m not your father. But if you go with another definition, meaning ‘a man who wants to be in your life and help raise you,’ then yes. I am.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Gelato
“Kalamata, no one knows what they're doing. It's called life.” ― Jenna Evans Welch, Love & Olives
