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The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2) QUOTES

The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2) QUOTES

1 " I observe and remain silent. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

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

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

3 " I was basically born knowing how to casually stalk people on social media. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

4 " I think the way I feel about the internet is the way some people feel about the ocean. It's so huge and unknowable, but also totally predictable. You type a line of symbols and click enter, and everything you want to happen, happens.

Not like real life, where all the wanting in the world can't make something exist. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

5 " I know this doesn't exactly make me unique, but I love the internet. I love it. I think the way I feel about the internet is the way some people feel about the ocean. It's so huge and unknowable, but also totally predictable. You type a line of symbols and click enter, and everything you want to happen, happens.
Not like real life, where all the wanting in the world can't make something exist "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

6 " And it's a little different with every guy, so it's kind of hard to generalize—but if I had to describe the feeling of a crush, I'd say this: you just finished running a mile, and you have to throw up, and you're starving, but no food seems appealing, and your brain becomes fog, and you also have to pee. It's this close to intolerable. But I like it. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

7 " 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. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

8 " Something like that. But you know, there's an upside here. Because when you spend so much time just intensely wanting something, and then you actually get the thing? It's magic.” All of a sudden, I feel like crying. In a good way. In the best way. Because I know exactly what she means. It's butterflies and haziness and heart eyes, but underneath all that, there's this bass line of I can't believe this. I can't believe this is me. I can't quite articulate the sweetness of that feeling. It's finding out the door you were banging on is finally unlocked. Maybe it was unlocked the whole time. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

9 " 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? "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

10 " 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. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

11 " It’s like this: Me: Hey, brain. Let’s think of something cool to say!

Brain: UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Me: Okay, it doesn’t have to be cool. Just something semi-coherent . . .

Brain: UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Me: COME ON, BRAIN, GIVE ME SOMETHING.

Brain: white noise

Shit. Shit. Shit. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

12 " You know, when you're seventeen, everything feels like the end of the world. Or the beginning of the world. And that's an awesome thing. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

13 " 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. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

14 " 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. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

15 " It's not that bikini waxing is a foreign concept to me, but . . . I mean, I guess it kind of is. Like, it's one of those girl habits that's so far beyond me, it makes me feel like a different species. Do boys require hairless vaginas? Is this a known thing? "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

16 " 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. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

17 " Netflix means not having to suck in your stomach or think of anything smart or adorable to say. It means a whole night of not wondering what people think about you. No alcohol, and no flirtation, and no confusion, and every organ calm and settled. Perfect. Exactly what I want. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

18 " I hate hating my body. Actually, I don’t even hate my body. I just worry everyone else might. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

19 " I don’t entirely understand how anyone gets a boyfriend. Or a girlfriend. It just seems like the most impossible odds. You have to have a crush on the exact right person at the exact right moment. And they have to like you back. A perfect alignment of feelings and circumstances. It’s almost unfathomable that it happens as often as it does. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)

20 " Because I have to admit: there's something really badass about truly, honestly not caring what people think about you. "

― Becky Albertalli , The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)