Some Like It Cold Quotes

“Love isn't supposed to feel like a test. It isn't supposed to feel like an audition.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“Some animals, if they want to avoid being attacked by another member of their species, will mimic them. In order to prove that they're not a threat. They make sure to make themselves smaller, if need be. They mirror. They match.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“She had worn the golden girl mask for so long and sometimes it was too frightening to imagine removing it. It splintered her face, it made her eyes tired, it dulled the taste of life, but it was easier to be accepted as a watered-down version of yourself than rejected for who you really were.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“Being an autistic young woman came with so many sacrifices to the altar of "normal," just to purchase some peace.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“Frankness was dangerous for any girl, let alone an autistic girl. People could close ranks very quickly over the smallest infraction.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“Being told that the world would consider her imperfect had been enough to make her a servant to the art of seeming perfect.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“She liked knowing why she was the way she was, it was a relief. A welcome key to her own mind.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“When you were born with a cloudy understanding of why certain rules existed, you soon moved from confusion and questioning to the sad realization that you would lose all of your neurotypical connections if you did not automatically obey.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold

“These days, everyone said they were accepting of neurodivergence. In theory. But Jasper knew better. She knew that if the social lines were ever crossed, if the complex and unwritten rules were ever broken, she would be cast out. She had worn the golden girl mask for so long and sometimes it was too frightening to imagine removing it. It splintered her face, it made her eyes tired, it dulled the taste of life, but it was easier to be accepted as a watered-down version of yourself than rejected for who you really were.”
― Elle McNicoll, Some Like It Cold