Top 400 Adam Silvera Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “This loaded question is the reason I didn’t want anyone to know I was dying. There are questions I can’t answer. I cannot tell you how you will survive without me. I cannot tell you how to mourn me. I cannot convince you to not feel guilty if you forget the anniversary of my death, or if you realize days or weeks or months have gone by without thinking about me. I just want you to live.”

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102. “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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103. “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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104. “I always thought we would be the endgame, even when I knew I couldn’t afford to be that person.”

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105. “That love is a superpower we all have, but it’s not always a superpower I’d be able to control. Especially as I get older. Sometimes it’ll go crazy and I shouldn’t be scared if my power hits someone I’m not expecting it to.”

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106. “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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107. “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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108. “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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109. “But even an angel has to put her halo down from time to time.”

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

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111. “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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112. “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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113. “She pulls away – and then I see why: she’s holding out her palm as a landing place for a firefly. It’s easy to forget it’s there when it’s not glowing, until all of a sudden it comes back and surprises you; it reminds you of grief.”

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114. “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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115. “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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116. “The best liars are the ones who fool you by claiming the never lie at all.”

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117. “I only care about the people who wanna be in my life. Like Rufus. Remember how he was nervous about coming out to us because he didn’t wanna stop sharing a room with us since we had so much fun? That’s someone who wants to be my life. And I wanna be there for his. However much of it is left.”

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118. “There’s a million reasons why someone won’t come out. What might seem like no big deal to one person is the whole universe to another.”

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

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120. “I can’t know who I want to be when I’m still struggling with who I am.”

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

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

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124. “I talk to the boy in the body bag about all the things we said we’d do together, but he can’t hear me.”

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125. “This is still an ugly world.”

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

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127. “It’s okay how some stories leave off without an ending. Life doesn’t always deliver the one you would expect.”

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128. “People are complicated puzzles, always trying to piece together a complete picture, but sometimes we get it wrong and sometimes we’re left unfinished. Sometimes that’s for the best. Some pieces can’t be forced into a puzzle, or at least they shouldn’t be, because they won’t make sense.”

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129. “People need people. That’s that.”

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130. “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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131. “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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132. “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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133. “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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134. “There are so many freak accidents that can happen at any point. Every new minute we’re alive is a miracle.”

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135. “I’ve lived a lifetime today and this moment is my encore.”

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

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137. “Take me home, Orion.”

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138. “Maybe a bookshelf will topple over and that’s how I go out – painful, but there are worse ways to die.”

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139. “I don’t want to be me. I don’t want to second-guess if my friends are going to be okay with me being me, and more importantly, I don’t want to see what happens if they’re not.”

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

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141. “I was on edge despite knowing you for what feels like forever and trusting you with everything else I had to offer that the everyday person never experienced. “It’s.”

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142. “This is still an ugly world. But at least it’s one where your girlfriend loves you back.”

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143. “I am forcing myself out of this apartment. It has been both my sanctuary and my prison.”

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144. “I want you to make more discoveries in your city, and I want you to be brave enough to make the first move again the next time someone catches your eye. And someone will catch your eye again. Please don’t deny yourself that out of fear of losing someone again, or guilt because you’re living on and I can’t.”

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

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147. “In that moment, I wish my existence were as simple as being set on fire and exploding in the sky.”

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148. “Death-Cast will make sure I’m never denied a goodbye ever again.”

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

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150. “It’s the opposite.” My throat tightens. “You’re screwed because I’m never going to stop loving you. I’m counting on us getting back together when our lives fit better. You’re endgame for me. But you have to promise me you’re not going to be stupid and walk into traffic. Don’t die at all. Okay?” “Fine.”

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