Top 300 Alice Oseman Quotes (2024 Update)
Page 6 of 7

251. “Firstly, I resent the fangirl idea that Draco Malfoy is some kind of beautifully tortured soul who is searching for redemption and understanding. He’s essentially a massive racist. Secondly, the idea that bullying means that you fancy someone is basically the foundation of domestic abuse.”

— Alice Oseman

252. “I wanted you to be the first to know that me and Elle are getting back together.”

— Alice Oseman

253. “They were all lovely people, but they made me nervous. They weren’t mean to me or anything, they just saw me in a very particular way- School Frances, head girl, boring, nerdy, study machine.”

— Alice Oseman

254. “I think the truth is that everyone in the entire world is confused and nobody understands much of anything at all.”

— Alice Oseman

255. “What’s left underneath is the real Michael, the fire, the boy who skates, the boy who followed me to a restaurant to tell me something he couldn’t remember, the boy who has nothing better to do than force me to get out of the house and live.”

— Alice Oseman

256. “I had been so desperate for my idea of true love that I couldn’t even see it when it was right in front of my face.”

— Alice Oseman

257. “When I get back into bed, every single thing that you could possibly think about in one day decides to come to me all at once, and suddenly there’s a small lightning storm inside my head.”

— Alice Oseman

258. “Excuse me, it’s your place as a friend to tell them when they’re almost dating a guy who can’t even use the word “gay” without spontaneously combusting.”

— Alice Oseman

259. “Maybe I feel angry. No. I don’t feel anything.”

— Alice Oseman

260. “But while it’s good that Dad’s checking in, he’s also drawing everyone’s attention to Charlie, which is pretty much the last thing Charlie wants.”

— Alice Oseman

261. “It felt like I was actually putting myself out there, trying something new, and it would hopefully result in a year of fun rehearsals, meeting new people, and enjoying my university experience.”

— Alice Oseman

262. “I knew I had so far to go before I could even begin to like who I was, but at least I had Rooney sitting next to me, laughing instead of crying.”

— Alice Oseman

263. “That doesn’t mean our relationship isn’t strong. If anything... I think we’re stronger now.”

— Alice Oseman

264. “I find his hand and take it in mine. I lean against him and he still smells like him, like home.”

— Alice Oseman

265. “She knows now. She knows that the smiles, the romance, the sparkly boy band dream – it’s all just fantasy. fantasy and lies.”

— Alice Oseman

266. “Not that that matters. I don’t matter. He matters.”

— Alice Oseman

267. “Everyone knows psychology A Level came straight out of hell.”

— Alice Oseman

268. “We don’t see our cousins more than a few times a year, but it had become clear to me over recent years that they are very much unlike Charlie and me. Mainly because they seen determined to be friendly and fun all the time.”

— Alice Oseman

269. “You would give your life for these boys. You cling to them like you’re reaching out to a god. They practically keep you alive. But beneath that, and if you took all that away, you fundimentally do not value yourself. All your love is given away. You leave nothing for yourself.”

— Alice Oseman

270. “I’ve had a bad day, sure. But I shouldn’t have taken that out on Tori. I should have stuck with her for at least a little longer.”

— Alice Oseman

271. “I noted to myself that I should probably start collecting cats, seeing as they are very likely to be my sole companions in ten years’ time.”

— Alice Oseman

272. “Mum regularly pointed out boys she thought I would find attractive, as if I could just go up to someone and ask them out. I never thought any of her choices were attractive anyway. But she was hopeful. Mostly out of curiosity, I think. She wanted to know what sort of person I would choose, like when you’re watching a movie and waiting for the love interest to appear.”

— Alice Oseman

273. “I don’t know, I just don’t care, it’ll all be all right in the end or something, like, so it’s getting to the point where I just don’t do any work if I don’t have to, I only do the things I have to do, but I just don’t care? I don’t know, this doesn’t make any sense...”

— Alice Oseman

274. “Hello. I hope somebody is listening.”

— Alice Oseman

275. “I don’t really like going out, to be honest. I’m a bit of a loser.”

— Alice Oseman

276. “I bite my lip, holding back the sarcasm.”

— Alice Oseman

277. “I sort of want to be dead.”

— Alice Oseman

278. “I fight down the urge to hysterically laugh.”

— Alice Oseman

279. “Nick is actually the human embodiment of a golden retriever puppy, as well as being Truham’s rugby captain and a genuinely lovely person.”

— Alice Oseman

280. “I mean, I’m not ashamed, I’m just... it was just... I j-just need some time to figure this out. I just need a bit more time.”

— Alice Oseman

281. “You always have interesting things to say,” he says. “You just don’t say them.”

— Alice Oseman

282. “Seriously, who falls asleep that quickly? Imagine being able to sleep without listening to a true crime podcast episode or immersing yourself in your imaginary dreamworld for at least an hour.”

— Alice Oseman

283. “Why should I care about what anyone thinks any more? Why should I care about anything anymore?”

— Alice Oseman

284. “You’ll be sad without fairy lights. Everyone’s sad without fairy lights.”

— Alice Oseman

285. “Either way, we are going to bring beautiful things into the universe.”

— Alice Oseman

286. “I think he chose this outfit purposefully to annoy Mum.”

— Alice Oseman

287. “Nobody seems to be saying anything about it, which makes me wonder whether my family are behind it, and they’ve all been possessed by some ghosts or evil dinosaurs or something.”

— Alice Oseman

288. “There was no way she was going to even attempt to listen to me. They never do, do they. They never even try to listen to you.”

— Alice Oseman

289. “Why are there no happy people?” someone else asks, maybe me.”

— Alice Oseman

290. “I thought things might change; that we might start being more open about feelings and stuff.”

— Alice Oseman

291. “If I could spend every night of my life eating snacks and watching something silly in a giant bed with one of my best friends, I’d be happy.”

— Alice Oseman

292. “He’ being unfair, but I don’t have any right to be annoyed at him.”

— Alice Oseman

293. “Even if things are harder when people know about us, we’ll be okay, because we’ve got each other.”

— Alice Oseman

294. “But we’re gods, Jimmy. What’s better than that?”

— Alice Oseman

295. “I just sit here, doing nothing, assuming that someone else is going to make things better.”

— Alice Oseman

296. “She had taken his private space – his home – and destroyed it. She took everything he loved and ruined it.”

— Alice Oseman

297. “When people know you’re mentally ill, most people either want to ignore it completely or they treat you like you’re strange, scary, or fascinating. Very few people are actually good at the middle ground. The middle ground isn’t hard. It’s just being there. Being helpful, if help is needed. Being understanding, even if they don’t understand everything.”

— Alice Oseman

298. “I didn’t talk to him enough. I didn’t do enough.”

— Alice Oseman

299. “Sometimes people need more support that just one person can give.”

— Alice Oseman

300. “You can fly, Michael.”

— Alice Oseman