Top 400 Becky Albertalli Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Of course, I have a strict policy of not falling for straight guys. At least, not confirmed straight guys.”

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302. “He kisses like Elliott Smith sings.”

— Becky Albertalli

303. “My dad invented the concept of Simon logic, and I can’t seem to outgrow it. It means wishful thinking supported by flimsy evidence.”

— Becky Albertalli

304. “And we’re kissing like it’s breathing.”

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305. “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

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

— Becky Albertalli

307. “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.”

— Becky Albertalli

308. “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

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

— Becky Albertalli

310. “I just don’t like good-byes.”

— Becky Albertalli

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

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312. “You get to want whatever you want. And you know what? Love is worth wanting.”

— Becky Albertalli

313. “Wow, is that Katniss making out with Yoda?”

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314. “I have a sneaking suspicion that you’re not 100% committed to your Oreo diet.”

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315. “I’m not going to pretend I know how this ends, and I don’t have a freaking clue if it’s possible to fall in love over email. But I would really like to meet you, Blue. I want to try this. And I can’t imagine a scenario where I don’t want to kiss your face off as soon as I see you.”

— Becky Albertalli

316. “I never judge someone for not knowing a band. I only judge the ones who try to fake it.”

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317. “I wish I knew why some people keep holding hands and why some people stop.”

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318. “I like disasters.”

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319. “Should I be looking in the halls for guys in yarmulkes? Yes, I looked up how to spell that. And your people are very creative, phonetically speaking.”

— Becky Albertalli

320. “I wish I were the kind of person who knows how to fill a silence.”

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321. “I don’t even know how to respond to that. Like, I’m in an actual band, Wells. I’m not saying we’re the Beatles, but we’re not exactly honking our way through “Hot Cross Buns” in the school auditorium.”

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322. “Poop is funny, right?”

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323. “It’s so easy to imagine how we’ll retell this moment. Our first kiss. The lights went out. We held hands. Used our phones. Even as it’s happening, it’s like it already happened. That same preemptive nostalgia feeling. Like it’s a story we’ll tell in some not-so-distant future.”

— Becky Albertalli

324. “Wonder Woman and a gay dementor. It doesn’t bode well for the survival of the species.”

— Becky Albertalli

325. “It makes me cringe to admit this, but I want the whole prom thing. The dress, the limo, all of it. It actually hurts, imagining prom happening without me. Me, alone in my pajamas, spending the whole night trolling Instagram and Snapchat. Watching everything unfold virtually. Seeing once and for all how little I’m missed.”

— Becky Albertalli

326. “You like it?” I almost sputter. Abby likes Harry Potter. That’s like saying Mr. Rogers was nice. Reece King is decent-looking. You can’t just like Harry Potter. You have to be balls-out obsessed with it.”

— Becky Albertalli

327. “When the school day ends and nothing extraordinary has happened, it’s a tiny heartbreak. It’s like eleven o’clock on the night of your birthday, when you realize no one’s throwing you a surprise party after all.”

— Becky Albertalli

328. “She smelled like vanilla, and her eyelashes were like thick black parentheses. That was it. My brain only had room for those two facts.”

— Becky Albertalli

329. “My head’s a shaken snow globe, glitter suspended in liquid.”

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330. “I always thought love was about the showstopper moments. No dialogue, no filler. But if the quiet parts are filler, maybe filler’s underrated.”

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331. “They get so curious. It’s like they have this idea of me, and whenever I step outside of that, it blows their minds. There’s something so embarrassing about that in a way I can’t even describe.”

— Becky Albertalli

332. “Onstage, it’s one girl after another. All in short dresses. All singing songs by Adele.”

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333. “A lot of the time, I can’t believe that was me.”

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334. “That has to be the best part of being in love – the feeling of having a home in someone else’s brain.”

— Becky Albertalli

335. “I spend all of Sunday in my room switching between the Smiths and Kid Cudi at top volume, and I don’t even care if that’s too random for my parents.”

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336. “It’s that girlfriend feeling again, not that I’ve ever been anyone’s girlfriend. But I imagine it feels like this. Like I’m this tiny precious wanted thing. I can’t decide if I feel gross about that, or if I only think I should feel gross about it.”

— Becky Albertalli

337. “Also, you’re wearing a shirt,” says Nick. “Noooo. No. It’s not to wear,” I say. “Then what’s it for?” asks Abby. “I can’t wear it,” I explain. “That would be weird. I have to have it under my pillow.” “Because that’s not weird,” says Nick.”

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338. “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.”

— Becky Albertalli

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

— Becky Albertalli

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

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341. “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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342. “More than like it. I crave it. Because there’s nausea and fog, but there’s also this: an unshakable feeling that something wonderful is about to happen. That’s the part I can’t explain. No matter how unlikely, I always have a secret shred of hope. And as feelings go, that’s a pretty addictive one.”

— Becky Albertalli

343. “My mom was the one who got obsessed with the idea that I had a girlfriend even though I had never had one before. I don’t know why that came as such a freaking surprise.”

— Becky Albertalli

344. “But the gaslighting was awful – how she used our words against us and smiled like she does this every day for sport.”

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345. “It’s weird, because Blue’s emails used to be this extra thing that was separate from my actual life. But now I think maybe the emails are my life. Everything else sort of feels like I’m slogging through a dream.”

— Becky Albertalli

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

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347. “We went above and beyond for you, Simon.”

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348. “Dinner is almost ready, and I feel like the world’s most unnecessary tour guide as I show them around the living room. But when I see Arthur studying every picture hanging from the wall, I remember that home isn’t about how big the space is but how we fill it.”

— Becky Albertalli

349. “You came.” His voice breaks. “Of course.”

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

— Becky Albertalli