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41 " thought when you’re in love, it’s supposed to be safe, isn’t it? You’re supposed to be able to do things and try things and make mistakes, and it’ll be okay because you know who you are to each other. "
― Alexis Hall , Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)
42 " I'm just worried that someone will hurt you again." "Yeah well. So was I for a long time, and I think that was hurting me more. "
43 " what you think pushes people away is what lets them in. And, God I sound like an inspirational Instagram post, but not letting people in is what pushes them away. "
44 " Everybody tells you that when you're young, you think you'll live forever. What they don't tell you is that when you're old, you think the same. "
45 " Where I am going with this, mon caneton, is that I don’t give a shit. It is my curry, and I will make it the way I fucking well want to. And that is the way Oliver should live his life. Because the people who matter will love you anyway. "
46 " I don't know how to promise you that I won't overreact, or lash out, or say something I shouldn't. All I can promise, and I really think it's what I should be promising, is that I'll be honest with you about... about what's going on with me. "
47 " There was also the slimmest of chances that I might have been being a bit of a drama queen. "
48 " ...if we let happy things make us unhappy when they stopped, there would be no point having happy things "
49 " No, listen. There is actually a choice here. And the choice is, either you never trust anybody ever again, and pretend that stops people hurting you when clearly it doesn't. Or, um, don't do that. And maybe your house will burn down. But, at least you'll be warm. And probably the next place will be better. And come with an induction hob. "
50 " We were going to have a pleasant conversation over sherry if it killed us both. "
51 " I can’t really talk about it, but we’ve just got the English language rights for a really prestigious Swedish author. And everybody has been clamouring to read her debut novel, which is being billed as A Hundred Years of Solitude meets Gone Girl. But there was a lot of debate amongst the team over whether to give it an English title or stick with the Swedish original, and it all wound up being sorted out very last minute and so now the book’s gone to press as I’m Out of the Office at the Moment. Please Forward Any Translation Work to My Personal Email Address. "
52 " It's not the sort of thing you talk about, okay? It was for us. And it was everything. "
53 " Somehow, despite my flat still looking like a bomb had thought about going off but got too depressed and just sat in the corner eating Pringles and crying, I was in an oddly good mood. "
54 " But this is, like, love and shit,” I tried. "
55 " I'm advocating taking a chance on a nice man who you're clearly into and who'll treat you well. And if you think that's arson, then yay, arson. "
56 " didn’t even know what I was crying over. I’d had an argument with a father I didn’t remember and been dumped by a guy I wasn’t dating. Neither of those things should have hurt. "
57 " I tried to remind myself that journalists were like tyrannosauruses. Their vision was based on movement. "
58 " Sometimes, you can half believe you’ve been hurt so much you’ve basically been vaccinated. Rendered immune. And then someone says something like that to you. "
59 " Everybody tells you that when you're young, you think you'll live forever. What they don't tell you is that when you're old, you think the same. It's just everything starts reminding you that it's not true. "
60 " I think it's usually better to face the world as it is. The more we try to hide from something, the more power we give it. "