Top 40 Alex Light Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I like how you always get lost in thought, like you live half your life inside your head.”

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2. “People always talk about falling in love but no one ever talks about falling out of it.”

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3. “You’re the best girlfriend I never had, Becca Hart.”

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4. “Love was destructive, dangerous. It was safer on pages, and these books were enough of an experience for me.”

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5. “To read something so completely outrageous and find comfort in the fact that the fictional love and heartbreak would never happen to me.”

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6. “My dad talks about how sorry he is. But it doesn’t count if he’s only sorry after he got caught.”

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7. “Because you go somewhere else when you read. I want to go there with you.”

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8. “It was like, if love couldn’t exist in reality, at least it was alive in fiction. Between the pages it was safe. The heartbreak was contained. There was no aftermath, no shock waves.”

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9. “I can’t believe I have a crush on a girl with such horrible ice cream taste.”

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10. “Maybe falling in love didn’t mean you were doomed and the future couldn’t be determined by the past.”

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11. “I know it seems like life or death, but all of this weight will still be there tomorrow, Brett. You can make a decision then.”

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12. “Reading helps me. It’s like I’m in another world when I read. And all the problems in my life don’t exist anymore. It helps.”

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13. “These books were safe. Like an alternate, paper world where anything was possible. And after my parents’ divorce, I gave up on love. I never wanted to fall into it or feel it because what was the point? These books let me feel it through other people. That way, I didn’t have to worry about being hurt. It sounds dumb, but they helped. They helped me when nothing else could.”

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14. “Just because we were pretending doesn’t mean it wasn’t real.”

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15. “I mean, there’s a reason all books end right after the couple gets together. No one wants to keep reading long enough to see the happily ever after turn into an unhappily ever after. Right?”

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16. “It was like, if love couldn’t exist in reality, at least it was alive in fiction. Between the pages it was safe. The heartbreak was contained. There was no aftermath, no shock waves. I mean, there’s a reason all books end right after the couple gets together. No one wants to keep reading long enough to see the happily ever after turn into an unhappily ever after. Right?”

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17. “Life didn’t have to fit into a four-sided box that was neat and tidy. It was okay if the box had three sides or the fourth one was hanging on with duct tape. It was okay if the corners were dented and if there was a big red FRAGILE sticker on top.”

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18. “I don’t know why I was so obsessed with the sky. Maybe it was the idea of a new day, a fresh start. Or maybe I just liked the way it looked. Not everything had to have some big meaning behind it.”

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19. “I’m not sure I can handle another person walking out on me.” “Then let me show you that I can be the one who stays.”

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20. “Love’s still worth the risk, even if it can lead to heartbreak.”

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21. “For the record, the book was always better.”

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22. “Maybe it was time to undo the locks and open all the windows. Maybe falling in love didn’t mean you were doomed and the future couldn’t be determined by the past. Maybe I had to stop living my life through books and it was time to rip off all the caution tape and see what happened when I let myself feel. Or when I let myself fall.”

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23. “There was beauty in the way his eyes held mine, in the way we held each other. Even when we didn’t speak, it was still beautiful.”

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24. “I’m guessing you want to be the prince?” “Only if you’re the princess.”

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25. “Look, an image is there in front of you. Right? You stare at it but then you can look away and it’s gone,” she said. “Words aren’t like that. They build an entire world around you. It’s not something you look at, it’s something you’re inside. That makes it scarier.”

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26. “I was going through two books a week. I could not get enough. It was like, if love couldn’t exist in reality, at least it was alive in fiction. Between the pages it was safe. The heartbreak was contained. There was no aftermath, no shock waves. I mean, there’s a reason all books end right after the couple gets together.”

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27. “Words aren’t like that. They build an entire world around you. It’s not something you look at, it’s something you’re inside. That makes it scarier.”

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28. “Let’s also consider some evidence of a more anecdotal nature: if diets worked, every person would only need to do one in their lifetime. It would be a success and they wouldn’t need to diet again, right?”

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29. “They’re feeding vulnerable readers lies about love and life and we’re buying into it like mindless consumers.”

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30. “It only made me cry harder. I felt so stupid. Five years – five years I had spent locking everyone out because I thought it was for the best. Because I knew I couldn’t handle another person walking out on me. And all it took was one night for me to change my mind, to decide that maybe it would be okay to let someone in. Especially if that person was Brett. I wanted that person to be Brett. But he didn’t want to be that person. And I couldn’t make him either.”

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31. “My arms were beginning to ache from the weight of all these books, but I didn’t care. It was nice to feel that weight somewhere other than my heart.”

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32. “I believe in love,” I said, “I just don’t think it’s worth the risk. Like when you’re dating someone, you’re either going to end up marrying that person or having your heart broken. It’s a fifty-fifty chance. And even if you do marry them, there’s another fifty percent chance you’ll end up divorced. At what point do people realize the odds are always stacked against them?”

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33. “You bought this book for a reason. Use it. Because life is too short to hate the skin you’re in.”

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34. “Could love really make the world stop? Why did it make every female character feel alive? Wasn’t she alive before she met him?”

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35. “Like she had to be strong for me, so she bottled up all the pain, and the only way she could release it was by mixing flour and eggs into a bowl and whisking all her sadness away.”

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36. “You make me feel hopeful. I never thought I’d love anyone. And with all the downsides of love, you managed to show me the upside.”

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37. “I read and read and read until reality faded into fiction.”

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38. “Despite what we’re taught, real fulfilment only really comes from making a life that is meaningful – from building precious relationships and forming connections, pursuing passions, discovering your purpose, building a sense of self and living with compassion. Having a thinner waist is not going to be your legacy.”

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39. “You don’t have to be in love to understand it.”

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40. “That doesn’t count. Everyone’s read Harry Potter. It’s practically a childhood rite of passage.”

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41. “Like what was wrong with being single?”

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42. “Like what was wrong with being single? What was wrong with not having someone’s hand to hold and whatever else couples do?”

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