188 Quotes by Becky Albertalli

I want to hold your hand, I say softly. Because we're in public. Because I don't know if he's out."So hold it," he says.And I do.

It's you, " I say."I know I'm late," he says.

It’s too much. And I don’t want to embrace the suck. I want things to not suck. And I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

Embrace the suck. Let your guts hang out a little.

From: bluegreen118@gmail.com To: hourtohour.notetonote@gmail.comDate: Jan 7 at 7:23 AMSubject: Re: Really?On the Tumblr-you mean creeksecrets? .....But I really don't think I'm wrong. Jacques a dit. Right?-BlueSo, Yeah, I've been careless. I guess I left a trail of clues. and I shouldn't be surprised that Blue put them together. Maybe I kind of wanted him to.Jacques a dit is "Simon Says" in French, by the way, And it's obviously not as clever as I thought it was.

The longer you sit with some shit, the harder it is to talk about

He laces our fingers and shrugs. And I’m dead. I am actually dead. There’s no other way to explain it. I’m sitting in fucking Herald Square, holding hands with the cutest boy I’ve ever met, and I’m dead. I’m the deadest zombie ghost vampire who ever died. And now my mouth isn’t working. It's like I'm stunned into silence. That never happens.

Did you know I had an ultrasound the day before my prom?""That's . . . cool?""It was cool! It was the big one, too. That's when I found out your gender.""Gender is a social construction.

And at least a dozen straight kids make a point of telling me that they support me. One girl even confirms that Jesus still loves me.