Solitaire

by Alice Oseman

“You like to act as if you care about nothing, and if you carry on like that, then you’re going to drown in the abyss you have imagined for yourself.”

“There’s a time and a place for being normal. For most people, normal is their default setting. But for some, like you and me, normal is something we have to bring out, like putting on a suit for a posh dinner.”

If you can’t accept things you don’t understand, then you’ll spend your life questioning everything. Then you’ll have to live out your life in your own head.”

“I think I’ve loved you since I met you,” he says as we draw apart. “I just mistook it for curiosity.” “Not only is that hideously untrue,” I say, feeling like I’m about to pass out, “but that is also the dumbest rom-com line I’ve ever had to endure. And I’ve endured many. What with me being such a fabulous guy magnet.”