Top 450 Adam Silvera Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Those who can’t be trusted to call people before they die are better off dealing with them when they’re dead.”

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202. “I wish I was a parking meter, able to buy more time with the drop of a quarter.”

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203. “History is nothing. It can be recycled or thrown away completely. It isn’t this sacred treasure chest I mistook it to be. We were something, but history isn’t enough to keep something alive forever.”

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204. “Memories: some can be sucker punches, others carry you forward: some stay with you forever, others you forget on your own.”

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

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

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207. “It’s so strange how we tell someone who’s dying to hold on, as if they have a choice.”

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208. “I grab Mateo’s hand and nod. “It’ll be game over, but we won first.”

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209. “For every minute I buy him, that’s more time getting to know him. The longer I know him, the harder everything will hurt.”

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210. “I’ll never understand how time can make a moment feel as close as yesterday and as far as years.”

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211. “We were something, but history isn’t enough to keep something alive forever.”

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212. “If the blind can find joy in music, and the deaf can discover it with colours, 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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213. “That love is a superpower we all have, but it’s not always a superpower we are able to control.”

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214. “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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215. “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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216. “When we had our eventual reunion, you would be able to see how my love for you trumped my own happiness.”

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217. “We didn’t make sense anymore. And there’s no point lying, like you said, even on your last day.”

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218. “Tip: your girlfriends won’t suspect you’re sleeping with your guy friend if you’re hitting them.”

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219. “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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220. “No one should feel bad for trying to be good.”

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221. “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.”

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222. “Alternate universe idea: Theo and I are living together in a huge house overflowing with hats because I bought him a new one every day to get him to stay.”

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223. “Did finding Each other kill us?”

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224. “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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225. “I guess what I’ll miss most are the wasted opportunities to live my life and the lost potential to make great friends with everyone I sat next to for four years.”

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226. “Pero es posible que todo esto estuviera escrito en las estrellas, que fuera nuestro destino o algo parecido: dos chicos se encuentran. Se enamoran. Y mueren.”

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227. “The how doesn’t matter as much as what I do before it goes down, but not knowing is still freaking shaking me; you only die once, after all.”

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228. “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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229. “It’s just one more thing I have to pretend I’m okay with.”

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230. “En omdat ik het vertikt heb om te leven alsof ik onkwetsbaar was op al die dagen dat ik geen oproep kreeg, omdat ik al die gisterens vergooid heb en nu geen morgens meer heb.”

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231. “You’re the only person not expecting anything from me either.”

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232. “Lidia will never know how Mateo is spending his End Day, but she hopes her best friend finds whatever he’s looking for.”

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233. “I was wrong to think I no longer have a life to run for. I do. It’s just not my own.”

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234. “If anything, it only further proves my point: Mateo doesn’t deserve to die.”

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235. “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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236. “It’s weirdly possessive and obsessive to like someone; you want to learn all of his stories before anyone else and sometimes you want to be the only one who knows at all.”

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237. “I haven’t loved a possibility like this in so long. I’ve been loyal to my love for him, and if I can hold on for a little bit longer, we might get our endgame after all. Theo is willing to throw away everything he has with his convenient boyfriend, who was “there.” “Okay.”

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

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239. “We all make mistakes... but it’s also a step in the right direction. If nothing else it’s a step away from the wrong one.”

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240. “She says everything in this hug – every thank-you, every I-love-you, every apology. I squeeze her back to thank her, to make her feel my love, to apologize, and everything else that falls deep inside and skirts outside these realms.”

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241. “I am more happy than not, Don’t forget me.”

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242. “It’s been really hard watching you so hurt,” Wade says. “I wanted to make you feel better, and it was risky, so I made a move. I didn’t expect it to get so far.” “Me.”

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243. “While we can’t always engineer our own happy endings, we can learn how to be more happy than not with the cards we’ve been dealt.”

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244. “But what I’ve gotten out of him in one day is more than I feel like I ever deserved. I don’t know if that makes sense.”

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245. “My afterlife is like a home theater where you can re-watch your entire life from start to finish.”

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246. “Recuerdas aquella vez cuando era un buen novio y te regalaba momentos bonitos como este.”

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247. “It’s a terrible loss whenever someone assumes they have more time than they do.”

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248. “But when someone is grieving, a genuine smile is a small victory in the big battle.”

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249. “The thing is, love doesn’t make sense anymore, and I feel lied to. Love isn’t this ultimate power that can make me feel unbeatable and all conquering.”

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250. “I stop. “I’ve been lied to before too.” I’ve also made the mistake of ignoring others asking for help, and it’s not fair. “I’m not saying we should give him our life savings, just a few bucks.”

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