Top 35 Alison Cochrun Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I... I... am not good with words, or with trying to communicate my thoughts. People always think I’m weird, so it’s easier if I never talk.”

— Alison Cochrun

2. “You’re so good at seeing other people. I wish you could see yourself.”

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3. “And it’s okay if you don’t love me back yet. I can love enough for both of us. Just please stop pulling away.”

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4. “I don’t love you despite those things. I love you because of those things.”

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5. “Everyone knows my sexuality is like a Rorschach test.” “What does that even mean?” “What you see when you look at me says a lot more about you than it does about me.”

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6. “Charlie hasn’t met many people like this – people who don’t male assumptions about you when they discover your brain doesn’t work like theirs; people who don’t judge you; people who simply stay with you and ask what they can do to help.”

— Alison Cochrun

7. “Charlie thinks about Dev and about the beautiful simplicity of being seen.”

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8. “I’ve learned it’s possible to be so in love with an idea of something, you can be blinded to the reality. And I’ve learned I want something real.”

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9. “But beneath the desire to be cherished was the ever-present thrum of my desire to be chosen. I wanted someone who would pick me to be their family.”

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10. “Snow freezes time, so the constant pressure of life is briefly suspended in a blanket of snow, and for one day, it’s like you can catch your breath.”

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11. “Because there is nothing more terrifying than standing up in front of the world and declaring that you deserve love.”

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12. “Your trauma is something that happened to you; it’s not who you are.”

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13. “I’m not sure what I regret more: my past naivete or my present cynicism.”

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14. “I guess maybe that’s how it works in families that love each other unconditionally. You can fight without fear of losing them, and be honest without consequences or repercussions.”

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15. “I like my men like I like my life goals: unattainable.”

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16. “I can’t explain it, but when I’m kissing Dev, I’m not in my head about it. I don’t feel the pressure to make it work. It just works. And I don’t have to force myself to feel anything. I feel everything.”

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17. “Do you still fall asleep listening to his old voicemails every night?”

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18. “He’s just sad for him, for the little kid who fell in love with love stories where no one looked like him, no one thought like him, no one loved like him.”

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19. “You’re looking for a man-shaped person to share the night with?”

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20. “I don’t think happily ever after is something that happens to you, Dev. I think it’s something you choose to do for yourself.”

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21. “You’re deserving of a relationship in whatever form you want it.”

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22. “Most of the time, Dev is like a human bonfire walking around generously warming everyone with his presence. But burning that bright and that fiercely must be exhausting; no one can sustain it forever. Charlie wishes he could tell Dev it’s okay to flicker out sometimes. To tend to his own flame, to keep himself warm. He doesn’t have to be everything for everyone else all the time.”

— Alison Cochrun

23. “Ah, yes.” She nods sagely. “Everyone in Portland is originally from Ohio.”

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24. “He wishes they could kiss and talk about it.”

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25. “But Charlie doesn’t know how you show someone they’re worthy of being loved. So he just stays.”

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26. “Dude. I’m so sure.”

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27. “We all have seasons of needing and seasons of giving.”

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28. “Have you considered just letting yourself love him?”

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29. “Being perfect was the only way to ensure everything was safe and everything was healthy.”

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30. “He liked how productivity made him feel worthy, and he liked how being busy never left him time to think.”

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31. “He’s like a terrified baby bird. Like a two-hundred -twenty-pound baby bird with crippling anxiety and a fairly intense germ phobia who can’t navigate his way through a complete sentence.”

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32. “He doesn’t often try to explain his mind to other people. On the rare occassions he does, other people don’t tend to listen.”

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33. “About halfway through the script, Charlie realizes he has never read a story about two men falling in love before.”

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34. “You need to relax,” she drawls, as if telling someone to relax has ever once in the history of human beings yielded that outcome.”

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35. “He’s always happy, always smiling, always thinking about other people. He usually thrives on set, fluttering around to everyone, helping and chatting and feeding off the energy of it all. He’s the most charming person Charlie’s ever met. That’s not the description of a depressed person.”

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36. “But burning that bright and that fiercely must be exhausting; no one can sustain it forever. Charlie wishes he could tell Dev it’s okay to flicker out sometimes. It’s okay to tend to his own flame, to keep himself warm. He doesn’t have to be everything for everyone else all the time.”

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37. “Because slow and careful is what Charlie needs, and because Dev is a little bit obsessed with being what Charlie needs.”

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38. “He takes an exceptionally long shower, trying to make up for the four days he didn’t shower, for the days he could barely get out of bed at all. He lathers the soap between his hands and imagines he can scrub off the days of fog, the days of never feeling fully awake, the days of climbing deeper and deeper into that place where he feeds the darkness with his self-loathing, his loneliness, his feelings of inadequacy.”

— Alison Cochrun