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#1

“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

tags: ben, end, everything, nothing, relationships, start, what-if-it-s-us

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#2

“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

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#3

“But maybe this isn’t how life works. Maybe it’s all about people coming into your life for a little while and you take what they give you and use it on your next friendship or relationship. And if you’re lucky, maybe some people pop back in after you thought they were gone for good.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

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#4

“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

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#5

“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, Leah on the Offbeat

tags: love

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#6

“Leah.' Mom shakes her head. 'You've got to stop doing this.'
'Doing what?'
'Burning everything to the ground whenever something goes wrong.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

tags: leah-on-the-offbeat

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#7

“There's this tug in my chest. Because when Bram says Simon's name, he pronounces every part of it. Like it's worth being careful over.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

tags: simon-and-bram, simon-spier

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#8

“It's like it doesn't even matter if I like my body, because there's always someone there to remind me I shouldn't.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

tags: leah-burke

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#10

“Then her hand brushed close to mine, and my organs rearranged themselves.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

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#11

“But it sucks when life moves along without you. Sometimes I feel left out even when life's moving along with me.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

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#12

“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.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

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#13

“Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn't be this big awkward thing whether you're straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I'm just saying.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: glbt, simon-spier

1195 likes

#14

“Sometimes it seems like everyone knows who I am except me.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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#15

“But I'm tired of coming out. All I ever do is come out. I try not to change, but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways. I get a girlfriend. I have a beer. And every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

tags: coming-out, glbt, simon-spier

482 likes

#16

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

128888 likes

#17

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep

127093 likes

#18

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

119048 likes

#19

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

114359 likes

#20

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

101568 likes

#21

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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#22

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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