Diene Almeida

“I don’t know if we’re in a love story or a story about love.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“Never say never,” Arthur says. “Right?” So much hope hangs in one word. “Right,” I say. “Never know what the universe has planned for us.” I don’t know what we have planned for us. What if there’s a do-over down the line for us? What if we end up in the same city again and pick up where we left off? What if we go as far as we once hoped we would, and boom, happy ending for us? But what if this is it for us? What if we never get to kiss again? What if we’re there for each other’s big moments, but we aren’t at the heart of those big moments anymore? What if the universe always wanted us to meet and stay in each other’s lives forever as best friends? What if we rewrite everything we expect from happy endings? Or . . . What if we haven’t seen the best us yet?”
― 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

“This is the best. It's like we're dads.'
He laughs. 'Dads?'
'Like we're an old New York couple just sitting around doing nothing.'
'I like doing nothing with you.'
'Me too.'
And I do. I like it so fucking much. I always thought love was about the showstopper moments. No dialogue, no filler. But if the quiet parts are filler, maybe filler's underrated.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us