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121 " I got four A grades [...] I expected to be happy about it. I expected to be jumping up and down and crying from joy.But I didn't feel any of that. It just wasn't disappointment. "
― Alice Oseman , Radio Silence
122 " I don't know why I made all that fuss the other day. No that's a lie. I do know why. It's because I'm an idiot. "
― Alice Oseman , Solitaire
123 " The problem is that people don't act.The problem is that I don't act.I just sit here, doing nothing, assuming that someone else is going to make things better. "
124 " I'm excellent at faking being okay with things, even when inside my brain there is a tiny screaming gnome who is definitely not okay. "
― Alice Oseman , I Was Born for This
125 " I actually think that a lot of people are very beautiful, and maybe even more beautiful when they are not aware of it themselves. "
126 " I have been going out with Nick Nelson since I was fourteen. He likes rugby and Formula 1, animals (especially dogs), the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain, drawing on shoes, Disneyland and minimalism. He also likes me. "
― Alice Oseman , Nick and Charlie
127 " Happiness," he says, "is the price of profound thought.""Who's that quote from?" I ask.He winks. "Me. "
128 " I couldn't admit to them how desperately I wanted to be in a romantic relationship. Because I knew it was pathetic. Trust me. I completely understood that women should want to be strong and independent and you don't need to find love to have a successful life. And the fact that I so desperately wanted a boyfriend - or a girlfriend, a partner, whoever, someone - was a sign that I was not strong, or independent, or self-sufficient, or happy alone. I was really quite lonely, and I wanted to be loved. "
― Alice Oseman , Loveless
129 " I think it's better to just read and not study books. "
130 " Basking in the light and glory that comes with not giving a damn. "
131 " I just. Loved. Love. "
132 " I hadn’t realized I was crying. I don’t really feel sad. I don’t really feel anything. "
133 " Nothing's going to change until you decide you want it to change. "
134 " I'm sure you think I was complaining about nothing. You probably think I'm a whiny teenager. And yeah, it was all in my head, probably. That doesn't mean it wasn't real. So fuck you all. "
135 " I really don’t do anything unless I actually want to do it. And most of the time I don’t want to do anything at all. "
136 " What can I say? People aren’t observant. People don’t question stuff like this. They never think twice about déjà vu when there could be a glitch in the Matrix. They walk past tramps in the streets without even glancing at their misfortune. They don’t psychoanalyse the creators of slasher-horrors when they’re probably all psychopaths. "
137 " I used to dream of a spellbinding, endless, forever romance. A beautiful story of meeting a person who could change your whole world.But now, I realised, friendship could be that too. "
138 " Reasons why I should be your new grandma:One - I’m great at making cookies Two - I’m extremely wiseThree - if I had any money, I’d give you some "
― Alice Oseman , Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
139 " I thought… I just really liked you as a friend… a best friend… because, like, I want to hang out with you all the time and I just love everything about you… but I kept wanting to… I don’t know… hug you and hold your hand and then yesterday, when you suggested it, I- I really wanted to kiss you. "
― Alice Oseman , Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
140 " I think you should know that I make up a lot of stuff in my head and then get sad about it. "