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“And the rain makes a kind of curtain, which is probably for the best. Because all of a sudden, I'm leaning over the gear stick, and my hands are on his shoulders, and I'm trying to keep breathing.”

Love Romance Romantic

Author:Becky Albertalli

“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.”

Love Silence Dead Arthur Holding Hands Date What If It S Us Bute

Book:What If It's Us

Source: What If It's Us

“I believe in love at first sight. Fate, the universe, all of it. But not how you’re thinking. I don’t mean it in the 'our souls were split and you’re my other half forever and ever' sort of way. I just think you’re mean to meet some people. I think the universe nudges them into your path. Even on random Monday afternoons in July. Even at the post office.”

Love Universe Fate Souls Arthur Random What If It S Us

Book:What If It's Us

Source: What If It's Us

“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.”

Love Friendship Music

Book:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Source: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I mean, here's the thing I don't get. How do people come to expect that their crushes will be reciprocated? Like, how does that get to be your default assumption.”

Love Romance Dating Unrequited Love Crushes

Book:The Upside of Unrequited

Source: The Upside of Unrequited

“More than like it. I crave it. Because there's nausea and fog, but there's also this: an unshakable feeling that something wonderful is about to happen. That's the part I can't explain. No matter how unlikely, I always have a secret shred of hope. And as feelings go, that's a pretty addictive one.”

Love Feelings Romance Dating Crush

Book:The Upside of Unrequited

Source: The Upside of Unrequited

“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.”

Love

Book:Leah on the Offbeat

Source: Leah on the Offbeat

“Why would I want to watch other people kissing," I say, "when I could be kissing you?”

Love Kissing Kiss

Book:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Source: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I think I hate the concept of needing space. What is really means is that the person's mad at you, or hates you, or doesn't give a shit about you. They just don't want to admit it.”

Love Left Space Sad Leaving

Book:Leah on the Offbeat

Source: Leah on the Offbeat

“I HAVE TO MEET HIM. I don’t think I can keep this up. I don’t care if it ruins everything. I’m this close to making out with my laptop screen.”

Love Humor Funny Crush Email Infatuation

Book:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Source: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“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.”

Want Love Kiss Face Spanish Arthur What If It S Us

Book:What If It's Us

Source: What If It's Us

“But I’m tired of coming out. All I ever do is come out. I try not to change, but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways. I get a girlfriend. I have a beer. And every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again.”

Love Universe Coming Out Beeing Yourself

Book:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Source: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I don’t know if we’re in a love story or a story about love.”

Love Love Story Story Arthur Don T Know What If It S Us

Book:What If It's Us

Source: What If It's Us

“It's stillness and pressure and rhythm and breathing.”

Love Lgbt Teen First Kiss Simon Spier

Book:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Source: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I can't believe you rode the Tilt-A-Whirl for me. "I must really like you," he says.”

Love Blue Lgbt Simon Spier Bram Greenfield

Book:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Source: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“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.”

Love Blue Lgbt Literature Simon Spier

Book:Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Source: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“I kind of miss you already”

Love I Love You Miss Miss You

Author:Becky Albertalli

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