Top 400 Adam Silvera Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “I barely know him. I guess that is every relationship. You start with nothing and maybe end with everything.”

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152. “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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153. “This is still an ugly world.”

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

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

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

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157. “If you really hold someone in your heart, you die too.”

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158. “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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159. “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 promise going forward I will never demote the love I have for anyone. I’m growing to hate the word love because it always sounds lame, but love shouldn’t only count when there’s a victory. Love was never the liar; I was. “Do.”

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160. “There’s newness that comes with the rising sun, and even though there’s a chance I won’t reach daytime or see sun rays filtering through the trees in the park, I should look at today as one long morning. I have to wake up, I have to start my day.”

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161. “Grieving would probably feel a little less lonely if I could turn to someone my own age, maybe a little older and wiser and scarred from battles I’m fighting for the first time. Maybe I wouldn’t have done the things I’ve done.”

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162. “That first time he heard her laugh in a coffee shop, he knew it was a song he could listen to on repeat for the rest of his life.”

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163. “I always quit things I’m tired of dealing with,” Thomas says. “Always will.” We.”

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

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165. “But that’s a problem for a long, long, long time from now. Until then, Rufus is going to be a kid. He’s going to have fun with his bike. He’s going to be a good son and brother and friend. He’s going to live.”

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166. “I’m so happy you were my first, Theo, and you were worth all the heartache.”

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167. “Even if I’m gay?” I say the word out loud, about myself, because even though I never chose this, I can choose to accept it before it’s too late.”

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168. “I want to wake up. And if I can’t wake up, I want to go to sleep forever where there’s a chance I dream everything beautiful about you, like how you looked at me for me and not because you wanted to gawk at this fuckery on my face.”

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169. “Well, this all kind of reminds me of that blackout a few years ago. Remember? I was outside when it happened and it was so dark out I could barely see my own hand, let alone what was up the street. But I kept going forward, step by step, until I reached a familiar corner. Sometimes you just have to push ahead to find what you’re looking for.”

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170. “I just don’t think I should be the judge of who actually needs my help or not, like they should do a dance or sing me a song to prove they’re worthy. Asking for help when you need it should be enough. And what’s a dollar? We’ll make a dollar again.”

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171. “I don’t know how much life we have left but I don’t want to miss it.”

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

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173. “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 not to feel guilt if you forget the days or weeks or months have gone by without thinking about me.”

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174. “The song ends, I catch my breath, and I breathe in everyone’s roaring applause, I breathe in their love, and it energizes me to grab Rufus’s hand while he’s bowing. I drag him offstage, and once we’re behind the curtain, I look him in the eyes and he smiles like he knows what’s about to go down. And he’s not wrong.”

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

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177. “If I’m going to have any chance of getting through today, tomorrow, and all the days that follow, I think I need to go back to the start, where we were two boys bonding over jigsaw puzzles and falling in love.”

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178. “I’m lucky to have parents who know when to go to war with me and when to leave me alone in the battlefield.”

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179. “You can do your own thing, but we’re done for whether we hang or not,” Rufus says. “No point fearing it.”

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180. “I don’t say anything. I’m not sure what to say. I just breathe because I have fewer than twenty-eight thousand breaths left in me – the average number of breaths a nondying person takes per day – and I might as well use them up while I can.”

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181. “I don’t wanna leave you behind. We’re supposed to be living, period. We know how this ends for both of us, but I wasted it. This isn’t some dream and we wont wake up from this.”

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182. “Stop defending him, Griffin. And stop putting him on some throne. Theo’s messing up is his fault, not yours.” He.”

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183. “Holding back my feelings is like sinking into quicksand; the deeper and deeper I’m buried, the more desperate I am to breathe.”

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184. “Don’t get it twisted, on most days I’d prefer cold, hard cash so I can do some damage in a bookstore or buy a new laptop that doesn’t die whenever it’s separated from its charger for more than a minute.”

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185. “Your final destination may be closer than you think.”

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186. “Even when you know death is coming, the blaze of it all is still sudden.”

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187. “You kept me alive when we were apart. I promise I’ll always do the same for you. Jackson’s.”

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188. “It’s not even the goodbyes, man, it’s not getting to thank everyone for all they did for me.”

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189. “Life felt like it was going to be too long. I wanted out.”

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

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191. “Mommy,” Penny says. This one word says everything to Lidia – fall apart, but piece herself back together. If not for herself, for her daughter.”

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192. “Something snaps in my head and I’m fighting back tears. I slipped too. Whatever, I have a girlfriend too. I don’t need him.”

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193. “I call Theo and it goes to voice mail. “Hey, Theo, it’s Griff. I sort of need to talk to you about something big. It’s not about us, I swear. That’s a little bit of a lie, it involves us a little, but not what you think. Anyway. Call me back.”

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194. “I’m no longer waking up on the wrong side of my life.”

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195. “I write short stories because I am one.”

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196. “But affection from millions and intimacy from that one special person are completely different beasts.”

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197. “You know damn well I love you too.” Man, it actually hurts how much I mean this.”

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198. “I don’t know what you would’ve thought of me with Wade, but it doesn’t matter now. I was in love and love died and the pain you’ve left isn’t pain I can see myself having the strength to face again. But.”

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199. “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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200. “I believe him, in this moment, but it’s what can happen in the future that chokes me a little. I’m not going to say anything, though. Being paranoid can’t possibly take me anywhere good. I.”

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