Top 400 Adam Silvera Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “The memories are still rattling around my head, twisting into me like a knife. I don’t want to wait around to see what comes next for me I’m this tragic story I’m living. I open up one of my father’s unused razors and cut into my wrist like he did, slit in a curve until it smiles so everyone will know I died for happiness.”

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102. “I have all this history with you, Theo, but he has pieces of you puzzle that would destroy me if I ever had to put them together, and yet, I still want them.”

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103. “I feel like a rock being skipped through the ocean – pain, relief, pain again, relief again, eventually destined to sink.”

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104. “I’m not history, Orion. I’m here.”

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105. “Twelve hours ago I received the phone call telling me I’m going to die today, and I’m more alive now than I was then.”

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106. “Take me home, Orion.”

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107. “My pops once said goodbyes are “the most possible impossible” ’cause you never wanna say them, but you’d be stupid not to when given the shot. I’m getting cheated out of mine because the wrong person showed up at my funeral.”

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108. “But as I stand here in the ocean that stole you away from us, I wonder if any molecule here witnessed your death, if any water splashing against my legs filled your throat as you struggled to breathe. I.”

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109. “And I’ll maybe even fall in love again, and I’ll make sure I say it before it’s too late.”

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110. “Yes, we live, or we’re given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear.”

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111. “This is still an ugly world.”

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112. “I don’t know what will be left of me if love and grief can’t bring you back to life. Maybe I need to be brought back to life, too.”

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113. “I’m not walking out into a world that will kill me before my time.”

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114. “It’ll be game over, but we won first.” -Rufus-.”

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115. “Here’s my vision of Utopia: a world without violence and tragedies, where everyone lives forever, or until they’ve led fulfilling and happy lives and decide themselves that they want to check out whatever’s next for us.”

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116. “How do you sleep at night knowing everyone you spoke to that day is dead?”

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117. “This isn’t about karma. I’m not trying to rack up I’m-a-Good-Person points.” You shouldn’t donate to charity, help the elderly cross the street, or rescue puppies in the hopes you’ll be repaid later. I may not be able to cure cancer or end world hunger, but small kindnesses go a long way.”

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118. “I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who think words will make me feel better.”

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119. “Story idea: a graveyard for dead dreams, headstones marking each one.”

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120. “Memories: some can be sucker punching, others carry you forward; some stay with you forever, others you forget on your own. You can’t really know which ones you’ll survive if you don’t stay on the battlefield, bad times shooting at you like bullets. But if you’re lucky, you’ll have plenty of good times to shield you.”

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121. “Life isn’t meant to be lived alone. Neither are End Days.”

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122. “How do you tell your best friend you won’t be around tomorrow? How do you convince her to let you leave so you have a chance of living before you die?”

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123. “You’re dead, and I’m the worst kind of alive.”

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124. “I want to climb every last mountain, row down every last river, explore every last cave, cross every last bridge, run across every last beach, visit every last town, city, country. Everywhere. I should’ve done more than watch documentaries and video blogs about these places.”

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125. “Goodbyes are “the most possible impossible” cause you never wanna say them, but you’d be stupid not to when given the shot .”

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126. “I want to give us a shot, I swear. But I can’t rush this or we’ll get it wrong. You have to understand though that I’m still carrying Theo around with me, and I’m sure you are too. But it’s different for me. I know you’re not Theo, and I don’t want you to be.” I.”

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127. “Live life to the fullest, but don’t live it as if you’re invincible.”

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128. “She sees two boys living and this makes her feel less dead inside.”

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129. “But even an angel has to put her halo down from time to time.”

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130. “Monsters don’t come to your home to help you live; they trap you in your bed and eat you alive.”

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131. “I’m too scared to even breathe because I might breathe too gay.”

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132. “I think engaging with a Last Friend could do me some good. Then again, I don’t know if it’s sadder to die alone or in the company of someone who not only doesn’t mean anything to you, but also probably doesn’t care much for you either.”

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133. “What I’ve now learned is, going forward, I have to be careful whom I trust with my heart. I have to be suspicious that someone will use the love I give and carry it over to someone else.”

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134. “Life isn’t meant to be lived alone.”

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135. “But waiting until it’s your End Day to start living means you won’t have time to do it all. Your life will be divided into firsts and lasts and nevers.”

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136. “I realize I’m crying a little, too. I remember. Sometimes pain is so unmanageable that the idea of spending another day with it seems impossible. Other times pain acts as a compass to help you through the messier tunnels of growing up. But pain can only help you find happiness if you remember it.”

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137. “The best liars are the ones who fool you by claiming the never lie at all.”

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138. “The number one person I’ll miss the most is Future Mateo, who maybe loosened up and lived.”

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139. “She never understood how the way she loves could drag such hatred out of others, and she refused to stick around to find the love everyone hated her for. Except back then she had her childhood best friend to talk her down.”

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140. “What you don’t understand, Theo, is silence is sometimes better than someone speaking before they’re ready. That is how lies slip out.”

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141. “I get it. Even when you were alive, events you missed felt wrong when they finally rolled around. I had to turn to people who didn’t matter as much to me, which sucked. Having a plan isn’t always a guarantee. It’s.”

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142. “I doubt the world is in the mood for a miracle, so we know not to expect a happily-ever-after. I only care about the endings we lived through today. Like how I stopped being someone afraid of the world and the people in it.” “And I stopped being someone I don’t like,” I say. “You wouldn’t have liked me.” He’s tearing up and smiling. “And you wouldn’t have waited for me to be brave. Maybe it’s better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”

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143. “I lived through my funeral, but I wish I was already dead.”

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144. “Secrets can turn people into liars.”

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145. “I wasn’t about this life’ Rufus says, looking away. ‘And I would’ve been game with game over. But that’s not what my parents and sis wanted for me. 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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146. “I might not make it to the future but I can live it now.”

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147. “Anti-role models are just as enlightening.”

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148. “I barely know him. I guess that is every relationship. You start with nothing and maybe end with everything.”

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149. “And all I can think is: sometimes what-ifs come true.”

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150. “But maybe people should be kind without reason.”

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