188 Quotes by Becky Albertalli

I’ve always thought that was such an intimate thing to do: touching the screen of another person’s phone.

It's funny, because you always think the hard part is meeting someone the first time. It's not. It's the second time, because you've already used up all the obvious topics of conversation. And even if you haven't, it's strange and heavy-handed to introduce random conversational topics at this stage in the game. Hi, Reid. Let's converse about topics. HOW MANY SIBLINGS DO YOU HAVE? WHAT BOOKS DO YOU LIKE?

I never really know the protocol for this kind of situation. It's like when you're in line at a store, and a grandma starts telling you all about her grandchildren or her arthritis, and you smile and nod along. But then it's your turn to check out, so you're just like okay, well, good-bye forever.

Perfect! You guys are the same age. I bet you have a lot in common.”Classic adult logic. Reid and I are vaguely the same age, so of course we’re basically soul mates. It’s like horoscopes. Somehow I’m supposed to believe that I’m similar in some meaningful way to every single person born on my birthday. Or every single Sagittarius. I mean, I barely have anything in common with Cassie, and we were born six minutes apart.

Here’s what I would never, ever admit out loud: a part of me always thought it was some kind of secret compliment when someone got called a slut. It meant you were having sex. Which meant people wanted to have sex with you. Being a slut just meant you were normal. But I think maybe I’m wrong about that.

Mr. Spier, memorizing the Hamilton soundtrack is not going to save you on the AP Euro exam.

And seriously, I can't even. Because Cal's bangs. Cal's eyes.

Hi," he says, quickly and softly. Like the word belongs to us.

But maybe this is a big deal. Maybe it's a holy freaking huge awesome deal.Maybe I want it to be.