They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera

I was raised to be honest, but the truth can be complicated. It doesn’t matter if the truth won’t make a mess, sometimes the words don’t come out until you’re alone. Even that’s not guaranteed. Sometimes the truth is a secret you’re keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.

The line about loving someone until the end of time is haunting.

There’s newness that comes with the rising sun,

it’s okay to give in to your emotions, but you should fight your way out of the bad ones, too.

it sucks how we’re all being raised to die. Yes, we live, or we’re given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear.

“We never act,” Mateo says. “Only react once we realize the clock is ticking.”

“That love is a superpower we all have, but it’s not always a superpower I’d be able to control. Especially as I get older. Sometimes it’ll go crazy and I shouldn’t be scared if my power hits someone I’m not expecting it to.”

There has to be more to life than imagining a future for yourself. I can’t just wish for the future; I have to take risks to create it.

I want us to have history, something longer than the small window of time we’re actually sharing, with an even longer future,

You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.

“People have their time stamps on how long you should know someone before earning the right to say it, but I wouldn’t lie to you no matter how little time we have. People waste time and wait for the right moment and we don’t have that luxury. If we had our entire lives ahead of us I bet you’d get tired of me telling you how much I love you because I’m positive that’s the path we were heading on. But because we’re about to die, I want to say it as many times as I want—I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.”

Maybe it’s better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”

life is about balances.