"The Upside of Unrequited" Quotes

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.

There's just something terrifying about admitting you like someone. In a way, it's actually easier when there's no chance of anything happening. But there's this threshold where things suddenly become possible. And then your cards are on the table. And there you are, wanting, right out in the open.

I’ve had crushes on 26 people, 25 of whom are not Lin-Manuel Miranda.

It’s not the changes that will break your heart; it’s that tug of familiarity.

But there’s a universe in your voice. And I want to hear every single word.

Maybe it's better to have gotten it wrong and learn than to have gotten it right and not learn anything at all.

I wonder if it's possible to rest a broken heart.

It’s so hard to say out loud, to admit something so ridiculous and possibly hopeless. But I love him.

Sometimes there’s such a whirlwind of thoughts in my head, I don’t know where to start. But I think I’ve learned the hard way that the best place to start is the truth.

I’m just really tired of being afraid all the time. Some of it is just about growing up. But a lot of it is about wanting to be who I am without other people’s permission.