Ava > Ava's Quotes

“The next slide is titled: 'Exploring your sexuality: Healthy, but does it have to be with the Prince of England?' She apologizes for not having time to come up with better titles. Alex actively wishes for the sweet release of death.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Straight people, he thinks, probably don't spend this much time convincing themselves that they're straight.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Henry looks Philip square in the face and says, “I’ve been gay as a maypole since the day I came out of Mum, Philip.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“I am the First Son of the United States, and I'm bisexual. History will remember us.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Never tell me the odds.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“It’s not about waiting for the good parts of history. We’re the ones who have to make them happen. We have to draw the timeline ourselves.” “Yeah, well. Right now, that just feels like a fuckton of pointless work.” “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.”
― Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

“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.”
― Aisha Saeed, Yes No Maybe So

“The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world is really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, when you're old enough to get it, but... you can't vote.”
― Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

“It’s ridiculous. Women are problematic if they show too much skin and problematic if they don’t show enough?”
― Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

“There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year.”
― Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So

“I used to imagine Better was a place you could get to. A moment when I would look around and see that Everything Was Fine. But that’s not how this works. Being better isn’t a battle you fight and win. Feeling okay is a war, one that lasts your whole life, and the only way to win is to keep on fighting.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“The greatest power comes from love, from knowing who you are and standing proudly in it.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“The strongest people aren’t the ones who are born strong. They’re the ones who know what it’s like to be weak, and have a reason to get stronger. The ones who’ve been hurt. Who’ve had things they love taken from them. The ones with something to fight for.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“Depending on what the body you’re born into looks like, you get put in a box marked either Boy or Girl. That box is packed with expectations and requirements, demands and obligations. The box says you can like This, but not That. The box says you can wear This, but not That. The box might fit you perfectly. In that case, everything will be wonderful. Alternately, the box might be so cramped and tight and full of horrible things that you’d rather be dead than spend another minute in it.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“Without your problems, you wouldn’t be who you are. You would be someone else. Someone significantly less awesome.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“Congratulations! You have acquired one human body. This was a poor decision, but it is probably too late for you to do anything about it. Life, alas, has an extremely strict return policy.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“Every superhero, every Chosen One, goes through a painful and difficult process of Becoming. On this, all the relevant literature is in agreement. Ask any comic book aficionado, any movie buff. The heroes doubt themselves, even when confronted with irrefutable evidence. They've spent their whole lives listening to weak and powerless people who hate and fear anything that is different, who say that superhuman abilities simply don't exist, and they believe it.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“She thinks I’m a child who needs to be protected from the horrors of grown-ups, because she somehow forgot that the world of children has its own horrors. And that the world of teenagers holds the horrors of both.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“Straight men will insult and assault and beat and kill gay men because they are terrified. Because masculinity is the foundation they built their whole worldview on, the set of lies that lets them believe they are inherently better than women, and gay people expose how flimsy and arbitrary the whole thing is.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“I still wasn't entirely convinced that if somebody suddenly gave me the power to snap my fingers and cease to exist, I wouldn't use it.

I wasn't suicidal anymore. But once you go there, once your mind has seriously weighed it as a possibility, it never really goes away. It's always there - always an option.”
― Sam J. Miller, The Art of Starving

“I believe in love at first sight. Fate, the universe, all of it. But not how you’re thinking. I don’t mean it in the our souls were split and you’re my other half forever and ever sort of way. I just think you’re meant to meet some people. I think the universe nudges them into your path.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“I barely know him. I guess that is every relationship. You start with nothing and maybe end with everything.”
― Adam Silvera, What If It's Us

“God, Arthur.” He kisses me. “Te quiero. Estoy enamorado. You don’t even know.” And I don’t speak a word of Spanish, but when I look at his face, I get it.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“I don't get why that's so bad. Why shouldn't I want to be with someone who makes me feel worthy? Someone who wants to be with me for the long run?”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“I just need more time with me, I think. To really believe in my worth without anyone's help.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“Arthur, the universe just got the ball rolling,' he says. 'We made us happen.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“But what if the story should quit while it’s ahead?” “How do you know unless you give the story another chance?”
― Adam Silvera, What If It's Us

“People like me should come with a mute button.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“The universe knew it was love before we did”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“The universe wouldn’t get us together for just one summer, right?”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us