Solitaire

by Alice Oseman

thinking or talking too much about “boy issues” makes me want to shoot myself in the face.

Snow can make anything beautiful.

My hobbies are drinking diet lemonade and being a bitter asshole.

my brain won’t stop taking clouds and turning them into hurricanes.

Emotions are humanity’s fatal disease. And we’re all dying.

Just because someone smiles doesn’t mean that they’re happy.

“Some people aren’t meant for school,” says Michael. “That doesn’t mean they aren’t meant for life.”