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“White shouldn't be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn't even be a default.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“He tells me to pick the music. I’m not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Really, though, there are only two kinds of weather: hoodie weather and weather where you wear a hoodie anyway.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“The closest thing I’ve ever had to a journal is probably you.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I like no endings. I like things that don't end.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“He kisses like Elliott Smith sings.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Why would I want to watch other people kissing," I say, "when I could be kissing you?”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I have a sneaking suspicion that you’re not 100% committed to your Oreo diet.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Wieso siehst du Makel, wenn es doch Merkmale sind?”
― Ava Reed, Alles. Nichts. Und ganz viel dazwischen

“And it's almost too perfect. Almost too Disney.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“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.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I think you're cute and grammatical, too.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“P.S. I love the way you smile like you don’t realize you’re doing it. I love your perpetual bed head. I love the way you hold eye contact a moment longer than you need to. And I love your moon-gray eyes. So if you think I’m not attracted to you, Simon, you’re crazy.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Do you ever get so angry you start crying? And do you ever feel guilty for getting angry? Tell me I’m not weird.”
― Becky Albertalli, Love Simon: Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Everybody deserves a great love story.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Like the way you can memorize someone’s gestures but never know their thoughts.”
― Becky Albertalli, Love Simon: Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I’m tired of living without really living.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“Everyone in this world is breathing borrowed air.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“...Don’t think about what you’ve lost. Think of how much you have to gain. Live, Stella.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“She’s bossy.” “Nah, she’s a boss,”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I don't want to leave you, but I love you too much to stay.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I look at the holiday lights in the distance, twinkling like stars, calling out to me. This time I respond.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“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

“I hate when assholes have talent. I want to live in a world where good people rule at everything and shitty people suck at everything.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

“Mr. Spier, memorizing the Hamilton soundtrack is not going to save you on the AP Euro exam.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

“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

“But I know what it's like to be not good enough, in some bone-deep fundamental way.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

“I feel stronger when I look cute.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

“She makes me want to shove my hand into my chest and rip my own heart out.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

“I still see flaws in my work, everywhere I look. It's exhausting and mortifying and almost unbearable.”
― Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat