Adam Silvera

“I haven't written adult fiction, but I do not sugarcoat grief - or what I expect grief to be.”

“Having a book published whenever is a huge honor.”

“There will be opportunities for hope and happiness, and happiness will return to your life, but you will always feel that loss if that person really meant that great a deal to you.”

“For me, I remember being 19 and coming out as bi to all of my friends. I'd had girlfriends, and all of these experiences and such, and then, as I got older, I started identifying as gay.”

“I don't think I'm capable of giving a character every possible victory, no matter how much I love them, without feeling as if their ending isn't genuine to their actual trials.”

“Writing is my therapy.”

“I'm building this reputation as YA heartbreaker, I know. Some people like 'happily ever after,' but I don't think that's me.”

“No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”

“My favorite uncle died when I was eleven, and that was two months after 9/11, so that was a particularly difficult time with my family.”

“Being more happy than not helps you get up every day.”

“Sometimes pain is so unmanageable that the idea of spending another day with it seems impossible. Other times pain acts as a compass to help you get through the messier tunnels of growing up. But the pain can only help you find happiness if you can remember it.”

“The Strand prides itself for its '18 miles of books,' and they are not kidding - that store goes on for da-a-a-a-ys. There are carts outside with dollar books, all sorts of fun merchandise inside, and an extensive selection of reduced priced books. If you're looking to buy a $30 hardcover for $20, The Strand is your new best friend.”

“I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who think words will make me feel better.”

“When I really want to be comforted myself, what I look for is a story about how somebody could survive something really difficult.”

“When you're overthinking a thought like the way I do, I can get completely pulled away from something I'm in the middle of because my thought channel just won't help me get from point A to point B without any difficulty.”

“I would do my damn best to be more happy than not.”

“I'm always writing from some difficult place and seeing how the character survives... or doesn't.”

“Sexuality is very fluid, but I never chose to be gay.”

“Whereas Books of Wonder excels with children's literature, McNally Jackson is where I go for my adult new releases, and no, it has nothing to do with the fact that Taylor Swift shops there, too.”

“'History Is All You Left Me' is about the loss of your first love and how you move on beyond that and if you can.”