Laura

“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

“Just speak from the dick, Big Ben.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“Sometimes I feel like New Yorkers do New York wrong. Where are the people swinging from subway poles and dancing on fire escapes and kissing in Times Square? The post office flash mob proposal was a start, but when’s the next big number? I pictured New York like West Side Story plus In the Heights plus Avenue Q—but really, it’s just construction and traffic and iPhones and humidity.”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince