Top 400 Becky Albertalli Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “Their costumes are surprisingly clever – one of them is wearing a black silk nightgown with a picture of Freud’s face taped to the front. A Freudian slip. Nick.”

— Becky Albertalli

302. “I don’t know if we’re a love story or a story about love. But I know whatever we are that it’s great because we kept jumping through the hoops in the first place.”

— Becky Albertalli

303. “Someone who seemed to like me better before he knew who I was.”

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304. “And seriously, I can’t even. Because Cal’s bangs. Cal’s eyes.”

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305. “Every breath she breathes feels like a love letter.”

— Becky Albertalli

306. “Imagine going about your day knowing someone’s carrying you in their mind. That has to be the best part of being in love- the feeling of having a home in some else’s brain.”

— Becky Albertalli

307. “There’s no such thing as a good idea when you’re in seventh grade.”

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308. “I just don’t like good-byes.”

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309. “I don’t know. There’s just something kind of mortifying to me about the intensity of those feelings. I remember them so clearly.”

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310. “It has to be easier for people with penises. Does this person get you hard? Yes? Done.”

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311. “And sometimes that’s just what happens. People grow apart.”

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312. “Heeeyyy.” He peers into the dining room. “Am I too late?”

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313. “I mean, there are times when it’s actually more work not to smile.”

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314. “I’m just so glad Matthew’s finally making real friends here. I thought he was going to spend the whole summer just playing that animal island game.”

— Becky Albertalli

315. “Leah Catherine Burke is an actual genius, and we should never ever doubt her music taste.”

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316. “Days off are as important as days on, bug. You have to recharge or burn out.”

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317. “We’ve been coming here since we were in fifth grade and our moms dropped us off for our Percy Jackson book club for two.”

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318. “I think every relationship is actually a million relationships.”

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319. “It’s just a lot of me. Way too much of me.”

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320. “I’m not saying we agree on everything. Morgan likes dubbed anime, which is basically blasphemy, and Anna once described Chiba Mamoru as “barely attractive.” But other times, it’s as if we read each other’s minds.”

— Becky Albertalli

321. “You are trouble, Suso.”

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322. “Because it sucks that there wasn’t one. I just wasn’t feeling it. At least not as much as I should be? Like, I’m sad about it, but it doesn’t wreck me, and I really feel like it should wreck me.”

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323. “Falling in love is terrifying.”

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324. “I turn on the engine. I’m happy about this, but sadness seeps in too – because part of happiness is sharing things with the people you care about most. And the one person I want to share this with more than anyone else is Jamie.”

— Becky Albertalli

325. “She’s always driven like a terrified alien dropped on a new planet. She moves so slowly she’s practically rolling, and every traffic light and stop sign seem to surprise her.”

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326. “Then her hand brushed close to mine, and my organs rearranged themselves.”

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327. “Honestly, the secret to impressing people is this: individual portions, packaged in mason jars. I.”

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328. “Oh my God, I’m just making a point. We like who we like. Who cares if someone else doesn’t get it? That’s a good thing. That’s less competition.”

— Becky Albertalli

329. “I was almost tempted to ask my parents to fry some chicken and mash some potatoes and grill some corn on the cob, but that would’ve only stopped Arthur from discovering more about me. The little things that form the bigger picture.”

— Becky Albertalli

330. “Friendship is like that. I guess it’s not always about common ground.”

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331. “She has the kind of mouth that always rests in a faint smile, and she smells a little like French toast.”

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332. “Once you come out, you can’t really go back in. It’s a little bit terrifying, isn’t it?”

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333. “Taylor is the enemy of everything awesome.”

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334. “For one thing, Abby’s embarrassingly hetero. She’s the type who’d watch all of Sailor Moon and come away thinking Haruka and Michiru were just good friends. She probably thinks Troye Sivan’s songs are about girls.”

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335. “In the Mario Bros. games there’s the big bad – Bowser, who is this evil mega-turtle,” Jamie finally says. “And they also have these Koopa Troopas – little turtles that are weirdly cute but completely evil. Bowser became president in 2016. But I guess I didn’t really think about how it’s not just about him – there’s hundreds of Koopa Troopas everywhere to watch out for too.”

— Becky Albertalli

336. “I fall a little bit in love with everyone.”

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337. “I swear, people can’t wrap their minds around the concept of a fat girl who doesn’t diet. Is it that hard to believe I might actually like my body?”

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338. “I mean, that’s my family. Everything’s a freaking secret, because everything’s a big deal. Everything is like coming out” -Simon.”

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339. “Dylan checks his phone, like we’re not even talking, which is my least favorite thing about humans.”

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340. “Teachers think they get to dictate what you think about. It’s not enough if you just sit there quietly and let them teach. It’s like they think they have a right to control your mind.”

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341. “I feel like I’m supposed to make some comment to underscore the ridiculousness of it all, but honestly? It’s sort of nice not to have to be cynical for a change. I guess it feels like I’m a part of something.”

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342. “There’s just something about this kind of moment – this tiny thread connecting me to a total stranger. It’s the kind of thing that makes the universe feel smaller.”

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343. “Babies here are forced to declare their allegiance to vegetables before.”

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344. “Drunk people are basically zombies. Once they’re infected, they want to take you down with them. Seriously, even my friends are like that, and we’re supposed to be nerds.”

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345. “You have to understand that no one has mastered the art of deadpan delivery like Leah.”

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346. “I look around at all the other people around us, couples or family or friends or strangers, and I wonder how many of their days are going south because of nonsense coming out of someone’s mouth.”

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347. “No Bon Jovi. No Journey.”

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348. “I feel strangely offbeat.”

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349. “And somehow, even though we’re at a fuckball game, I feel completely at home. Which is a feeling I only really ever get when I’m with Anderson. It’s one of those things I can’t say out loud, because people will just think I’m in love with him or something. But it’s not a romantic feeling at all.”

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350. “Things change slowly. Way too slowly, to be honest. But what’s the alternative? Not like we can sit back and do nothing. We have to fight for change however we can.”

— Becky Albertalli