Top 400 Becky Albertalli Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “I mean, there are times when it’s actually more work not to smile.”

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

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

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

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406. “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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407. “Why would I want to watch other people kissing,” I say, “when I could be kissing you?”

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408. “I feel stronger when I look cute.”

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409. “Okay, no. No no no. Craigslist is not a father-son bonding activity.”

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410. “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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411. “And we kiss,” Matt says softly. Suddenly his lips are on mine.”

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412. “Ya me he hartado de tener miedo. Me he hartado de vivir en un mundo en el que no puedo ser lo que soy.”

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413. “I feel antsy and strange – like I’m bothered by something, but I can’t remember what. It’s like a tiny pinprick in the back of my mind.”

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414. “Do I want to love him enough that leaving him would wreck me? Yeah.”

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415. “It’s weird how much you have to hold back when you’re secretly in love with someone. But then again, the whole point of love is getting close enough that you no longer have to hold back all the... gross parts. I’m pretty sure at some point love makes room for the gross parts.”

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416. “It’s the kind of moment that makes my stomach twist. I can’t stand watching people get embarrassed, even strangers. Even fictional strangers. I honestly can’t watch certain TV shows. I get this visceral secondhand shame reaction. It’s like my brain can’t tell where someone else’s humiliation ends and mine begins.”

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417. “You can’t just like Harry Potter. You have to be balls-out obsessed with it.”

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418. “Puberty is merciless.”

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419. “My cheeks are off-the-charts warm. I could grill steaks on them. I could break thermometers and straighten your hair and give you second-degree burns.”

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420. “When has anyone in the history of earth ever made a meaningful connection while mingling? It’s like, hey, let’s have only the worst parts of a conversation – the approach, the small talk, the trying-to-figure-out-when-and-how-to-disengage part. It’s not that I dislike being around people. I just wish we could skip to the sitting-in-comfortable-silence part, or the inside-jokes part, or even the we-both-love-The-Office-so-let’s-overanalyze-it part.”

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421. “I blush and swoon and am essentially the heroine of a romance novel. Except with 100 percent less kissing.”

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422. “My heart is beating wild, which wasn’t the case when we first met. It should’ve been love at first sight like all the great stories, but I wasn’t ready yet. And that’s okay. We still got somewhere great. The worst story would’ve been never finding each other again, or never meeting in the first place.”

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423. “If there’s one thing I hate, it’s apologies. I don’t like getting them. I really don’t like making them.”

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424. “How do I know it’s not a fluke? What if I only ever fall for one girl?” “Then you’re bi.” She pats my arm. “What if I’m talking myself into it?” “Not a thing – ” “Okay, but what if the girl I like is kind of – I don’t know – boyish?” “Is she a boy?” Edith asks. “No.” “Sounds pretty bi.”

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425. “My limbs feel really heavy. I kind of want to go home and crawl into bed with my iPod. But the curtains start to open. And I keep moving forward.”

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426. “I walk in just as the bell is ringing, and I’m in a serious daze. It’s lucky that my hands seem to know my locker combination, because my brain has checked out. People talk to me, and I nod along, but absolutely nothing penetrates.”

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427. “I’ve always thought that was such an intimate thing to do: touching the screen of another person’s phone.”

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428. “It’s weird how it’s easier to trust Arthur than it is to trust people I’ve known way longer. Like Dylan and Hudson and Harriett. My parents. It’s not even that it’s kind of low-risk because I’m not sure Arthur will even be in my life – it’s more that I’m counting on knowing him for a long time and I want him to know the real me as soon as possible.”

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429. “We’re given a hero’s welcome by the dogs as soon as we walk through the door. Charles and Camilla, pupper and doggo, respectively.”

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

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431. “No Bon Jovi. No Journey.”

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432. “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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433. “Two girls on their stomachs, peering at a cell phone. All soft lines and curves and overlapping limbs. I colored us in with pencils – the brown of Abby’s skin, the pink of my cheeks, the dark red of my hair. I drew like I was in a trance. It felt like I’d pinned my heart to the page.”

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434. “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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435. “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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436. “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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437. “Babies here are forced to declare their allegiance to vegetables before.”

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

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

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

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442. “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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443. “Falling in love is terrifying.”

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444. “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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445. “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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446. “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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