Top 400 Adam Silvera Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd.”

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2. “History remains with the people who will appreciate it most.”

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3. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that’s all. – Oscar Wilde.”

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4. “You’re Penny’s shot at happiness in a world that makes cheap promises and has no guarantees and doesn’t always reward those who never did wrong. It’s like, the world will just as easily screw with a good person as it will a not-so-good one, but you devote your days to someone else selflessly anyway.”

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5. “I’ve spent years living safely to secure a longer life, and look where that’s gotten me. I’m at the finish line but I never ran the race.”

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6. “Es un hecho que en la vida existen historias inacabadas. La existencia no siempre te depara el final que esperabas.”

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7. “I wasted time and missed fun because I cared about the wrong things.”

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8. “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. – Steve Jobs.”

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9. “Happiness shouldn’t be this hard.”

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10. “I fake-smile because everyone wants happiness for me as much as I want it for myself.”

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11. “My Last Message would be to find your people. And to treat each day like a lifetime.”

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12. “I’ve become this happiness scavenger who picks away at the ugliness of the world, because if there’s happiness tucked away in my tragedies, I’ll find it no matter what. If the blind can find joy in music, and the deaf can discover it with colors, I will do my best to always find the sun in the darkness because my life isn’t one sad ending – it’s a series of endless happy beginnings.”

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13. “Find your people and treat eat each day like a lifetime.”

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14. “I’m happy for you, but mad jealous, too. And if that isn’t enough to get you out, I need you. I need a friend by my side.”

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15. “I’m told my heart is fine even though I feel dead inside.”

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16. “Death is inevitable for everyone.”

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17. “Do, and then die.”

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18. “Have to admit it, I feel a little vindicated in how I’ve lived my life because people can be the worst.”

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19. “There has to be more to life than imagining a future for yourself.”

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20. “Everyone wanted so much more out of me, myself included.”

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21. “Some risks are worth it.”

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22. “It’s one thing to be powerless and another to be useless.”

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23. “Dad taught me it’s okay to give in to your emotions, but you should fight your way out of the bad ones, too.”

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24. “I ignite the wick, and the firework takes flight. In that moment, I wish my existence were as simple as being set on fire and exploding in the sky.”

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25. “And, lastly, to every stranger who didn’t call the cops on me when I asked them “What would you do if you found out you were about to die?” None of your answers inspired anything in this book, but wasn’t it absolutely fun having a stranger make you observe your mortality?”

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26. “I’m sorry, but please don’t be mad at me for reliving all of it. History is all you left me.”

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27. “And then I crossed the street, with no arm to hold me back.”

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28. “It’s mad twisted, but surviving showed me it’s better to be alive wishing I was dead than dying wishing I could live forever.”

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29. “He once told me that stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.”

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30. “There has to be more to life than just imagining a future for yourself. I can’t just wish for the future; I have to take risks to create it.”

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31. “We can’t ever be together,” he finished. “But I always want to know you, even if we’re in the same room and you’re just saying hi to me over and over again, I’ll be perfectly happy. I’ll always want to be sitting across from you.”

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32. “Because I refused to live invincibly on all those days, I didn’t get an alert, I wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows.”

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33. “It’s mad twisted, but surviving showed me it’s better to be alive wishing I was dead than dying wishing I could live forever. If I can lose it all and change my attitude, you need to do the same before it’s too late, dude. You gotta go for it.”

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34. “Life doesn’t care how young you are. It forces you to grow up anyway.”

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35. “I would’ve loved you if we had more time.”

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36. “Love is a superpower, It’s one we all have, but it’s not a superpower you’ll always be able to control. It’ll get harder when you get older too. Don’t be scared if you find yourself loving someone you’re not expecting to. If it’s right, it’s right.”

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37. “What you want to do for me is so beyond beautiful that I’m already indebted to you, even if nothing happens. But I’m not going to live the life you want for me if it means you not living yours out while you can.”

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38. “I want us to have history, something longer than the small window of time we’re actually sharing...”

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39. “How do I sum up my life in eight words?”

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40. “Too bad life doesn’t allow us to turn its gears, like a clock, when we need more time.”

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41. “I read our love wrong, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love you. You were there for me when I needed to act out and be angry, and you made me happy when I was tired of hating everything. Nobodies can’t make someone feel all of that.”

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42. “You don’t need matching DNA for someone to be your brother. And you definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.”

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43. “I always wanted to stumble into someone like you.”

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44. “El hombre no ha de temer la muerte. Lo que ha de temer es nunca comenzar a vivir.”

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45. “I understand that the person who gets the Death-Cast call isn’t the only one dying. If you really hold someone in your heart, you die too.”

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46. “I was rised to be honest, but the truth can be complicated. It doesn’t matter if the truth won’t make a mess, sometimes the words don’t come out until you’re alone. Even that’s not guaranteed. Sometimes the truth is a secret you’re keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.” – Mateo -.”

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47. “I’m at the finish line, but I never ran the race.”

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48. “Maybe if we keep letting things crash and burn, everything else is bound to fall back in place.” Or maybe the fire will grow.”

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49. “I wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows.”

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50. “Don’t play with me.” He looks around, like I’m setting him up. Accepting help shouldn’t make someone suspicious.”

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