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81 " There's this idea that if you're not straight, you HAVE to tell all your family and friends immediately, like you owe it to them. But you don't. You don't have to do anything until you're ready. "
― Alice Oseman , Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
82 " He smiled and looked away. 'Sometimes I think we're the same person...but we just got accidentally split into two before we were born. "
― Alice Oseman , Radio Silence
83 " I like Charlie Spring! In a romantic way not just a friend way! "
― Alice Oseman , Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
84 " I don’t want people to be worried about me. There’s nothing to worry about. I don’t want people to try and understand why I’m the way I am, because I should be the first person to understand that. And I don’t understand yet. I don’t want people to interfere. I don’t want people in my head, picking out this and that, permanently picking up the broken pieces of me. "
― Alice Oseman , Solitaire
85 " As far as I'm concerned, I came out of the womb spouting cynicism and wishing for rain. "
86 " Maybe you can't help him, darling. I know you love him so, so much. I'm sure he loves you too. And I know you feel like it's your job to "save him". I know it feels like you are both each other's whole world, but that dependency isn't healthy for either of you. Charlie needs helo from someone who isn't his sixteen-year-old boyfriend. He needs help from a doctor or a therapist, someone who knows about eating disorder and how to treat them. Love can't cure a mental illness. There are lots of ways to help him, you can just be there. To listen. To talk. To cheer him up if he's having a bad day. And on the bad days you can ask what to could do to make things easier. Stand by his side, even when things are hard. But also knowing that sometimes people need more support than just one person can give. That's love darling" - Sarah Nelson (Nick's mum) "
― Alice Oseman , Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
87 " All I know is that I’m here. And I’m alive. And I’m not alone. "
88 " It must be useful to be smart," she said and then laughed weakly. She glanced down and suddenly looked very sad. "I'm like, constantly scared I'm going to be a homeless or something. I wish our whole lives didn't have to depend on our grades. "
89 " This is real, this is me,' I said. She blinked. 'Did you just quote Camp Rock at me? That's not very pop punk." 'I've gotta go my own way.' 'Okay, firstly, that's High School Musical... "
90 " Nick and Charlie! Are the two of you coming, or-Oh. You're being gay. Good job. Carry on. "
91 " Most adults see teenagers as confused kids who don't understand much, while they're the pillars of knowledge and experience and know exactly what is right at all times.I think the truth is that everyone in the entire world is confused and nobody understands much of anything at all. "
― Alice Oseman , I Was Born for This
92 " Love can’t cure a mental illness. "
93 " You like to act as if you care about nothing and if you carry on like that then you’re going to drown in the abyss you have imagined for yourself. "
94 " In an otherwise mediocre existence, we chose to feel passion. "
95 " I think you should know that I make up a lot of stuff up in my head and then get sad about it. I like to sleep and I like to blog. I am going to die someday. "
96 " ...honestly I'm having a proper full-on GAY PANIC. "
97 " There’s a time and a place for being normal. For most people, normal is their default setting. But for some, like you and me, normal is something we have to bring out, like putting on a suit for a posh dinner. "
98 " You're an idiot,' said Mum, when I relayed to her the entire situation on Wednesday. 'Not an unintelligent idiot, but a sort of naive idiot who manages to fall into a difficult situation and then can't get out out of it because she's too awkward. "
99 " I wonder – if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all? "
100 " You look like you're having a midlife crisis.""It's not a midlife crisis. It's just a life crisis. "