156 Quotes by Adam Silvera

No one goes on, but what we leave behind keeps us alive for someone else.

You're dead, and I'm the worst kind of alive.

I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who think words will make me feel better.

Then there’s the kind of zombie I’ve become now: the one who has lost everything—his brain, his heart, his light, his direction. He wanders the world, bumping into this, tripping over that, but keeps going and going. That is life after death.

We can listen to friends and strangers until the sun goes down, but we can never know someone's full story without going through the world in their bodies.

But hey, if there’s one bright side to your dying, it’s that you aren’t around to tell me things I don’t like hearing. I’m sorry. That was a dickhead thing to say. I need a condom for my mouth.

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.

Much like Rufus can't expect me to be instantly brave, I can't expect him to be instantly generous.

You don't need matching DNA for someone to be your brother, Andrale knows this. And you definitely don't need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.