And while we might not quite understand why she hasn’t chased after the boys who have captured her heart (at least not right away), we certainly understand her feelings for Lin-Manuel Miranda. Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. After all, if you never go after what you want, you can never really be disappointed. How do people come to expect that their crushes will be reciprocated? I get into this weird place sometimes where I worry about that. In a good way. Now you come along with me. The eyebrows of some were burned off and skin hung from their faces and hands. And if one asked her, longing to pin down the moment with date and season, but what were you doing on the fifth of April 1868, or the second of November 1875, she would look vague and say that she could remember nothing. Which of course, is not a reason to be in a relationship. Not in movies—not really—unless it’s supposed to be a joke. ― Becky Albertalli, quote from The Upside of Unrequited, “Anyway, thanks for saving my butt. ― Becky Albertalli, quote from The Upside of Unrequited, “Here’s a frustrating thing about me: if everyone else is happy, I usually can’t stay pissed off. I bet you have a lot in common.”Classic adult logic. You type a line of symbols and click enter, and everything you want to happen, happens. I’m over it.” “Oh, you’re over it?” My throat tightens. Welcome back. WHAT BOOKS DO YOU LIKE?” ISBN 978-0-06-234870-8. ― Becky Albertalli, quote from The Upside of Unrequited, “I mean, I think people have this mentality that sex is only real if it involves a penis.” Because when you spend so much time just intensely wanting something, and then you actually get the thing? I can't quite articulate the sweetness of that feeling. "You are fucking gorgeous for a big girl. “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. Cassie’s soapbox: the fact that I’ve had twenty-six crushes and exactly zero kisses. Somehow I’m supposed to believe that I’m similar in some meaningful way to every single person born on my birthday. We hope you’ll join us. But I like it.” Let’s have a look at five of my favorites. Born place: in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States All has vanished. But what do they do then? I've never told anyone this - not my moms, not Cassie - but that's the thing I'm most afraid of. Right? No biography or history has a word to say about it. ― Becky Albertalli, quote from The Upside of Unrequited, “Something like that. ― Becky Albertalli, quote from The Upside of Unrequited, “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. So she’s careful. Is it but the mermaids singing deep below the waving waters; or sad spirits, chanting dirges for white corpses held by seaweed?"