188 Quotes by Becky Albertalli

Like, yes, Olivia is kind of curvy, and Mina didn’t say it like an insult. I know it’s not an insult. But I just hate when people talk about bodies.

En ocasiones cuesta más sonreír que no hacerlo.

There's nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year.

I can’t seem to shake this perpetual awareness of being Molly.

... teachers think they get to dictate what you think about. It's not enough if you just sit there quietly and let them teach.

there’s something really badass about truly, honestly not caring what people think about you. A lot of people say they don’t care. Or they act like they don’t care. But I think most people care a lot. I know I do.

Leah once said that she’d rather have people call her fat directly than have to sit there and listen to them talking shit about some other girl’s weight. I actually think I agree with that. Nothing is worse than the secret humiliation of being insulted by proxy.

I listen, and it's Taylor explaining to Martin that she wasn't necessarily trying to get a gap between her thighs, but it's her metabolism, and she didn't even realize that some girls try to get the gap on purpose. Martin nods and scratches his head and looks bored. "She can't help her metabolism, Simon," Abby says. "Apparently not," Taylor may be an undercover, bully-fighting ninja, but she's still kind of awful.

Don't do anything Rose and Jack wouldn't do in a steamy vintage car.