188 Quotes by Becky Albertalli

I feel like I'm supposed to make some comment to underscore the ridiculousness of it all, but honestly? It's sort of nice not to have to be cynical for a change. I guess it feels like I'm a part of something.

God, Arthur.” He kisses me. “Te quiero. Estoy enamorado. You don’t even know.” And I don’t speak a word of Spanish, but when I look at his face, I get it.

That girl is a suburban dad's midlife crisis in a high school senior's body

They put me in a box, and every time I try to nudge the lid open, they slam it back down. It’s like nothing about me is allowed to change.

We are out and we are alive, and everyone in the universe is out here right now.

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.

I still see flaws in my work, everywhere I look. It's exhausting and mortifying and almost unbearable.

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.

I don’t know how to tell them something like this and still come out of it feeling like Simon. Because if Leah and Nick don’t recognize me, I don’t even recognize myself anymore.