Top 400 Becky Albertalli Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “He tells me to pick the music. I’m not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.”

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52. “You start with something and maybe end with everything.”

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53. “Supongo que con algo te tienes que obsesionar antes de saber que existe el sexo.”

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54. “I believe in love at first sight. Fate, the universe, all of it. But not how you’re thinking. I don’t mean it in the our souls were split and you’re my other half forever and ever sort of way. I just think you’re meant to meet some people. I think the universe nudges them into your path.”

— Becky Albertalli

55. “The universe knew it was love before we did.”

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56. “So, I keep thinking about the idea of secret identities. Do you ever feel locked into yourself? I’m not sure if I’m making sense here. I guess what I mean is that sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me.”

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57. “And it’s almost too perfect. Almost too Disney.”

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58. “Because that’s the thing about change. It’s so painfully normal. It’s the most basic of all tragedies.”

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59. “What’s wrong with slowmance? That should be a word. It’s like a slow romance. A way to let the romantic moments linger.”

— Becky Albertalli

60. “I guess what I mean is that sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me.”

— Becky Albertalli

61. “I don’t know if we’re in a love story or a story about love.”

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62. “It’s stillness and pressure and rhythm and breathing.”

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63. “It’s ridiculous. Women are problematic if they show too much skin and problematic if they don’t show enough?”

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64. “It’s not about waiting for the good parts of history. We’re the ones who have to make them happen. We have to draw the timeline ourselves.” “Yeah, well. Right now, that just feels like a fuckton of pointless work.” “But the work itself is the point. You keep doing it, because otherwise, how do you keep from feeling helpless? It’s like those sharks that keep swimming or they die,” I say. “It’s about the act of resisting. Waking up every day and deciding not to give up.”

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65. “And I’m the worst kind of Slytherin, I’m the kind who’s so stupidly in love with a Gryffindor, she can’t even function.”

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66. “There are some socks that shouldn’t be washed by your mom.”

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67. “In English class on Monday, my eyes find Bram immediately. He sits on the couch beside Garrett, wearing a collared shirt under a sweater, and he’s so freaking adorable that it almost hurts to look at him.”

— Becky Albertalli

68. “But there’s this thing I feel when I meet another Jewish person in the wild. It’s like a secret invisible high five.”

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69. “I like no endings. I like things that don’t end.”

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70. “But there’s this awfulness that comes when a guy thinks you like him. It’s as if he’s fully clothed and you’re naked in front of him. It’s like your heart suddenly lives outside your body, and whenever he wants, he can reach out and squeeze it.”

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71. “I really love the smell of Waffle House. It’s this perfect combination of butter, maple syrup, bacon, and maybe onions? Whatever it is, they should bottle it up and pour it into a scented marker, so I can draw hot manga characters who smell like WaHo.”

— Becky Albertalli

72. “Though, let’s be real: if Katie Leung sweetly rejecting Daniel Radcliffe in a Scottish accent wasn’t your sexual awakening, I don’t even want to know you.”

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73. “All of a sudden, I feel like crying. In a good way. In the best way. Because I know exactly what she means. It’s butterflies and haziness and heart eyes, but underneath all that, there’s this bass line of I can’t believe this. I can’t believe this is me.”

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74. “We’d never fall that far apart. But we’ll drift. Siblings always do. They marry other people and have their own families and forget the way they used to whisper in bunk beds. It’s as inevitable as an airplane landing.”

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75. “I am so platonically in love with Anderson Walker, it makes my brain hurt.”

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76. “I can’t decide if this is funny or sad, but I’ve spent so much time wanting a boyfriend that I can’t imagine not wanting one. I can imagine saying I don’t want one. But I can’t imagine it being true.”

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77. “Every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again.”

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78. “It’s strange because in reality, I’m not the leading guy. Maybe I’m the best friend. I guess I didn’t think of myself as interesting until I was interesting to Blue.”

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79. “Sometimes happily ever afters aren’t about your happiness at all.”

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80. “You would matter. That’s the thing. I get into this weird place sometimes where I worry about that. I’ve never told anyone this – not my moms, not even Cassie – but that’s the thing I’m most afraid of. Not mattering. Existing in a world that doesn’t care who I am. It’s this whole other level of aloneness.”

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81. “Then we just kind of stare at each other for a minute. Or ten minutes. Or ten hours. I don’t know how to measure time when Ben’s looking at me.”

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82. “The truth is, it’s a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it’s so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you’re old enough to get it, but... you can’t vote.”

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83. “I... really like going to the homecoming game. I guess it’s something about the lights and the drumbeats and the scent of the air. Fall air always smells like possibility.”

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84. “The classic honeymoon stage where everyone feels like they’re riding a unicorn on floating rainbows while drinking Skittle smoothies. But eventually you realize the unicorn was just a horse in costume and now you have cavities.”

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85. “My favorite is always the halfway point, where Andy says, “Okay, whatever, I’m done. I’m over it.” But then, a split second later: “Okay, but ALSO, can I just say –.”

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86. “A dementor,” I say. “What in God’s holy name is that?” “A dementor? From Harry Potter?” “Well, put your hood back, for the love of Jesus. And who are you supposed to be?” “Kim Kardashian,” says Leah, just completely deadpan. Garrett looks confused. “Tohru from Fruits Basket.”

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87. “Maybe this won’t work out and I won’t care about it ending. But I can’t get from A to B without us being A and B first. Live in the moment.”

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88. “Do you ever get so angry you start crying? And do you ever feel guilty for getting angry? Tell me I’m not weird.”

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89. “It’s always cool to find out immediately if a cute guy is a gay or not. Trying to solve that mystery yourself isn’t fun and rarely pays off.”

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90. “Like every step I take leaves an imprint.”

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91. “I’m too busy trying not to be in love with someone who isn’t real.”

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92. “There’s just something terrifying about admitting you like someone. In a way, it’s actually easier when there’s no chance of anything happening. But there’s this threshold where things suddenly become possible. And then your cards are on the table. And there you are, wanting, right out in the open.”

— Becky Albertalli

93. “I was basically born knowing how to casually stalk people on social media.”

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94. “But sorry, he’s not good at being a best friend when he’s someone’s boyfriend.”

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95. “I guess they feel secure enough in their masculinity that they that they don’t care. I actually hate when people say that. I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too. Being secure in your masculinity isn’t the same as being straight.”

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96. “Middle school is like this endless horror show. Well, maybe not endless, because it ended, but it really burns into your psyche. I don’t care who you are.”

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97. “Sometimes I get the vibe he wants me to read his mind. Like he’s sitting there, trying to pour his thoughts directly into my brain, so he won’t have to say them out loud.”

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98. “Believing in the universe is definitely a sign from the universe.”

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99. “I try not to change, but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways... And every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again.”

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100. “What if we rewrite everything we expect form happy endings?”

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