Top 400 Becky Albertalli Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “Lowkey bi, a little bit bi. Just be bi. Like, come on.” “What? No.” She draws herself up. “You don’t get to decide my label.” “It’s not a real label!”

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402. “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.”

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

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

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405. “And the same applies to Ryan’s room with girls, or at least it would if Ryan ever had girls over.”

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406. “I will never understand why adults find the passing of time to be so unexpected. Time is literally what life is made of. But it’s like a ritual; each time my mom chats with a friend or family member she hasn’t seen in a while, they spend half the time talking about how fast time goes, and the other half promising to see each other soon, which they almost never do.”

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407. “And suddenly, her lips are on mine, and my hands are on her waist, and I’m kissing her back so fiercely, I forget how to breathe. I feel like a campfire, like a could burn for days. Because the thing about Abby is that she kisses like she dances. Like she’s totally there. Like she’s handing you her heart.”

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408. “I still see flaws in my work, everywhere I look. It’s exhausting and mortifying and almost unbearable.”

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409. “Certain nights have this kind of electricity. Certain nights carry you to a different place from where you started. I think tonight was one of the special ones – but I can’t pinpoint why.”

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410. “And Leah’s weird about hugs sometimes, but today she buries her face in my shoulder and murmurs something into the fabric of my robes.”

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411. “Like, yes, Olivia is kind of curvy, and Mina didn’t say it like an insult. I know it’s not an insult. But I just hate when people talk about bodies.”

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412. “And I never would have remembered spoons, but he did. Of course.”

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413. “But the work itself is the point. You keep doing it, because otherwise, how do you keep from feeling helpless?”

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414. “We drive and drive, and it’s like I’m teetering on the edge of something. Now it’s been ten minutes since we’ve spoken. The music feels too loud and too soft all at once, and underneath its bass line, I can hear Abby breathing.”

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415. “It’s like when your scene partner’s supposed to cut you off and overlap your line, but they don’t. That same quiet beat of panic and awkwardness.”

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416. “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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417. “But when she’s smiling? It’s next-level not heinous.”

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418. “The closest thing I’ve ever had to a journal is probably you.”

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419. “He kisses like Elliott Smith sings.”

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420. “And in that moment – for a split second – I feel it. How short that is. How soon everything changes. It’s strange, because good-byes are a thing I can understand intellectually, but they almost never feel real. Which makes it hard to brace for impact. I don’t know how to miss people when they’re standing right in front of me.”

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

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422. “I peer around the room – which is so packed with earnest-looking college kids, you’d think this was an Apple Store.”

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

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424. “Maybe my company is even better than making out – which is pretty much my goal as a human being, honestly.”

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425. “He nods, but I’m not sure he’s actually heard me. I probably only need one guess to know what’s thinking: we were looking for each other. He went to greater lengths, but hearing I wanted to find him too? Well, we all love having our feelings reciprocated.”

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426. “There’s this feeling I get when I watch people kiss. I become a different form of matter. Like they’re water, and I’m an ice cube. Like I’m the most alone person in the entire world.”

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427. “You sound like my grandma. She always says that there are at least two good people for every bad person in the world.”

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428. “Penso solo che siamo destinati ad incontrare determinate persone. Penso che l’universo ce le metta sul cammino.”

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429. “My parents have a way of ruining things like this... It’s like they have this idea of me, and whenever I step outside of that, it blows their minds.”

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430. “And buddy-reading books with him.”

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431. “Of course, I have a strict policy of not falling for straight guys. At least, not confirmed straight guys.”

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432. “It feels bigger than I want it to be. Do I really have to announce this? Can’t I just feel something and live inside it while it’s happening and not analyze it to death?”

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433. “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.”

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434. “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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435. “I think you’re cute and grammatical, too.”

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

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437. “Ben shoots me a quick sideways smile, but it’s cool, because who even needs lungs? Why are we all so obsessed with breathing?”

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438. “And you notice things and listen to things, but not in a nosy way. In a real way.”

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439. “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.”

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

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441. “Maybe he followed us?” I slide my feet forward on the tiles. “Oh my God. He fell in love with us and followed us home from camp.” “WAIT –.”

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442. “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.”

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443. “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.”

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444. “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. Above.”

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445. “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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446. “Maya smiles. “Want to slowmance?” I just stare at her, trying to catch my breath. “Of course.”

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