Top 400 Becky Albertalli Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “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.”

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

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

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

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405. “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.”

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406. “I never really know the protocol for this kind of situation. It’s like when you’re in line at a store, and a grandma starts telling you all about her grandchildren or her arthritis, and you smile and nod along. But then it’s your turn to check out, so you’re just like okay, well, good-bye forever.”

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407. “I don’t even dislike Abby. It’s just that my brain doesn’t work right around her.”

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408. “Where the heck is Nick?” she asks. Just hearing Abby say Nick’s name makes Leah suck in her lips. “Feeling up a guitar somewhere?” I suggest. “Yeah,” says Leah. “Most awkward way ever to get a splinter.”

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

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410. “I just don’t like good-byes.”

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411. “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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412. “Humans are complex.′ Dylan nods sagely. ‘What do you know about him?”

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

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

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

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

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417. “I never imagined I could be bumped out of my own family. I feel knocked down. I feel demoted.”

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418. “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.”

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

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

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421. “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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422. “Then she shifted slightly under her blankets, and her whole body pressed against mine. My right side to her left. And I forgot how to speak.”

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

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

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425. “In the distance, they begin shutting down the rides and turning off lights. There’s something beautiful and eerie about a darkened, unmoving Ferris wheel.”

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426. “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.”

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427. “You are trouble, Suso.”

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428. “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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429. “Who’s ready for that kiss?” Um, apparently Mr. D is. Because now he’s playing that “Kiss Me” song, the one with the line about milky twilight that Anderson swears is about semen.”

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430. “Falling in love is terrifying.”

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431. “Basically, Abby is human candy corn. She’s fine in small doses – but too much, and you’ll puke from the sweetness.”

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432. “It feels like standing on the doorstep without a key to your own home.”

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433. “Simon once said that when the stage lights are on, the audience looks like a giant dark blob. But maybe the front row is the exception, because I swear Taylor just spent forty-five minutes gazing directly into my face.”

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434. “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.”

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

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

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438. “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.”

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439. “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.”

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

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

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443. “And even though I’m looking in from the outside, I get closer with every step.”

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

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445. “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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446. “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.”

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