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81 " Embrace the suck. Let your guts hang out a little. "
― Becky Albertalli , Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse, #3)
82 " My girlfriend who is Abby Suso. My brain is totally obsessed with this fact. Like, I’m pretty sure my academic career is over, and God help me on the AP exams, because how are you supposed to think about calculus WHEN ABBY SUSO IS YOUR GIRLFRIEND? "
83 " Drunk people are basically zombies. Once they're infected, they want to take you down with them. Seriously, even my friends are like that, and we're supposed to be nerds. "
84 " I don't get how people walk through life with all their windows wide open. "
85 " I just wish I knew how to feel about Garrett. This shouldn't be so complicated. It has to be easier for people with penises. Does this person get you hard? Yes? Done. I used to think boners literally pointed in the direction of the person you're attracted to, like a compass. That would be helpful. Mortifying as fuck, but at least it would clarify things. "
86 " So, has anyone ever told you that you cuss a lot?” he says finally. “Oh, fuck you.” But the corners of my lips twitch upward. "
87 " That has to be the best part of being in love - the feeling of having a home in someone else's brain. "
88 " I want you to let things be imperfect. "
89 " Like every step I take leaves an imprint. "
90 " I’m basically your resident fat Slytherin Rory Gilmore. "
91 " Essa deve ser a melhor parte de estar apaixonado — a sensação de ter um lar na mente de outra pessoa "
92 " That's right, Simon. Be totally open and tell him everything that's bothering you. Okay? You should definitely take my advice, because I'm just so fucking good at all this sharing and caring stuff myself. Feelings. I rule at them. "
93 " I’ve never actually been on one, but Simon says it’s just a flock of mortified kids cringing while their parents ask questions. Apparently, Simon’s dad asked the tour guide at Duke to “please elaborate on the campus gay scene.” “I wanted to fucking die,” Simon told me. "
94 " But I have this feeling, suddenly, that I'm on a too-fast treadmill--like things are moving so quickly, I might slide off the back end. "
95 " I hate when assholes have talent. I want to live in a world where good people rule at everything and shitty people suck at everything. In short: I want Martin Addison’s voice to crack like an earthquake. "
96 " God. There's definitely some tiny invisible asshole punching me in the lungs. And winding up my heart to hyperspeed, and using my stomach like a trampoline. "
97 " And even though I’m looking in from the outside, I get closer with every step. "
98 " This is what a mess I am. I can’t write a two-word text without losing my shit. And I’m not even particularly attracted to this boy. If I were, I’d be dead. RIP Leah Burke. She died of acute awkwardosis. "
99 " Sometimes I think texting is the single worst technological advancement in history. Because yeah, it's convenient. But in moments like this, it's like someone's poking you repeatedly, going hey hey hey. "
100 " I don't even know how to respond to that. Like, I'm in an actual band, Wells. I'm not saying we're the Beatles, but we're not exactly honking our way through "Hot Cross Buns" in the school auditorium "