Top 450 Adam Silvera Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “But in them all, you and I are more than history. I have to believe these universes exist; it’s the only way to manage the suffering here. Alternate versions of me are perfectly happy with alternate versions of you, because you’re alive.”

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

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153. “We think we’re so damn indestructible and infinite because we can think and take care of ourselves, unlike pay phones or books, but I bet the dinosaurs thought they’d rule forever too.”

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154. “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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155. “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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156. “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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157. “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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158. “Take me home, Orion.”

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159. “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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160. “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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161. “Your final destination may be closer than you think.”

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

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163. “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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164. “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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165. “I sometimes forget their voices.” I say. It’s only been four months but that’s fact. “They blend with the voices of people around me, but I could recognize their screams anywhere.”

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166. “I just want you to remember things the way I do.”

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167. “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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168. “His heart is pounding against my wrist. His heart, like mine, desperately doesn’t want to stop beating.”

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169. “The loneliness of becoming an only child has already begun.”

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

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171. “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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172. “No spoilers!” “It’s history!” “History that I don’t know.”

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

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174. “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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175. “It’s all going away, everyone and everything is dying. Humans suck, man. We think we’re so damn indestructible and infinite because we can take care of ourselves, unlike pay phones or books, but I bet the dinosaurs thought they’d rule forever too.”

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

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

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178. “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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179. “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.”

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

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182. “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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183. “I collapse back onto the floor, thinking about how it’s do or die now. Not even that. Do, and then die.”

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

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185. “But if for some reason this plan doesn’t work, we need to promise to find each other in the afterlife. There has to be an afterlife, Roof, because it’s the only thing that makes dying this young fair.”

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186. “Here’s the truth no one ever wants to admit when death is on the horizon, or when you’re deep in that grief – as long as you keep existing, you’ll keep breathing, and if you’re breathing, one day you’ll start living again.”

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187. “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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188. “I’m just going to live in the moment. That’s the only way to see where we end up.”

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189. “Tan solo hacemos algo cuando el tiempo corre en nuestra contra.”

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190. “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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191. “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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192. “Death is inevitable for everyone and it’s absolute for me today.”

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

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194. “Secrets can turn people into liars.”

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195. “I might not make it to the future but I can live it now.”

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196. “Much like Rufus can’t expect me to be instantly brave, I can’t expect him to be instantly generous.”

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197. “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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198. “As long as it’s not chicken tenders it’ll be something new for me.”

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199. “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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200. “This is our safe space, our little island.”

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