Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2023)
He was fifteen years old. Who was this guy? He looked a little fragile but he wasn't. He was disciplined and tough and knowledgeable and he didn't pretend to be stupid and ordinary. He was neither of those things. He was funny and focused and fierce. I mean the guy could be fierce. And there wasn't anything mean about him. I didn't understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you. How could a guy live without some meanness? Dante became one more mystery in a universe full of mysteries.
Dante laughed. “I wasn’t really kissing Daniel. In my head, I was kissing you.”
“Ari, the problem isn’t just that Dante’s in love with you. The real problem—for you, anyway—is that you’re in love with him.”
“I think you love him more than you can bear.”
“I can’t do this, Ari,” he said.
“Can’t do what?”
“This whole friend thing. I can’t do it.”
I took him by the shoulders. I looked at him. And he looked at me. “You said I wasn’t scared of anything. That’s not true. You. That’s what I’m afraid of. I’m afraid of you, Dante.” I took a deep breath. “Try it again,” I said. “Kiss me.”
“No,” he said.
“Kiss me.”
“No.” And then he smiled. “You kiss me.”
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
so it seems like aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe was the most important book in the world in high school for everyone else too huh
Ok hear me out, I had a realisation. At the start of the series, Simon is quite sassy and doesn’t bite his tongue, but as the series progresses, that side of him fades away, until... the final scene. His last line 'what the hell do you think?' is so significant because it's the first time he's been sarcastic in ages. In that last moment, Simon is finally back to his true self.