Only Mostly Devastated Quotes

“And life was too short to play chicken with something as important as the person you loved.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“That’s the beautiful thing about the universe. It puts you through trials, but it never gives you anything you can’t handle. We grow from these things.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Maybe our Happily Ever After hadn't worked on the first shot. And maybe Happily Ever Afters weren't a singular event. Maybe they were something you had to work at, and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“But if they keep accidentally ripping your heart out over and over again, doesn't mean they're terrible people, but it probably means you're better off getting to a distance where they can't keep doing that. Accidentally or not.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Apathy is incompatible with hate. Love works okay.”
― sophie gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“A long pause. Long pauses are never good. One day, I would write a thesis on the history of long pauses, and the hurt feelings that followed them 200 percent of the time. This was just like the time in tenth grade, when I shaved one side of my head and asked Ryan how it looked at school the next day. Except this long pause was lasting longer, and oh God, this was going to really stab, wasn’t it? Fuck long pauses. Motion to ban them from social interactions, please.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“I fled. I fled like a bigot dodging the concept of equality.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Well, when someone you love needs you, you step up, right?”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“She had the air of someone who’d won a battle with the patriarchy.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“It'll get easier. That's the beautiful thing about the universe. It puts you through trials, but it never gives you anything you can't handle. We grow from these things.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Are you kids going to be out for a while?" Mr. Tavares asked.
Out as in, out of the closet, or out as in, our celebrating?
"Yeah-- the rest of the team is partying at Reese's house. I think Matt and Darnell want to swing by," said Will.
Okay, yup, out celebrating. Glad I didn't reply with "I'm planning on being out permanently," then.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Alone in here, I could be any of that. I could feel every negative, terrible, aching feeling at once, and I didn't have to be self-conscious about it or try to put on a mask so someone else didn't feel dragged down.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Yeah, fine as a man who’s been gently corrected on the internet,”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Like … most of the school has figured out you’re gay.” “Oh. Interesting. I haven’t met most of the school, so don’t know how they managed that.” “Yeah, but…” I knew what he was getting at. It was fine. Whatever. It’s not like it was a state secret or anything. And hey, if people guessed, it saved me having to have a discussion about my sexual preferences with people who didn’t even know if I preferred ham or peanut butter on my sandwiches. For reference, the answer was, “both, simultaneously.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Mama, Ollie taught me how to play ‘Let It Go’ on guitar,” Crista piped up in a muffled voice as she pulled her pajama shirt over her head. Aunt Linda shot me a look that was half sheer terror, half witch hunt. The face of someone at peak Frozen saturation. I didn’t, I swear, I mouthed, making chopping motions by my neck.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“And maybe Happily Ever Afters weren’t a singular event. Maybe they were something you had to work at, and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Mom. This didn’t happen to teach us all a lesson and help us to grow.” She darkened. “Ollie, that’s not what I meant and you know it.” “This isn’t beautiful. It’s ugly, and pointless.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“God, what I wouldn’t give to live in a fairytale, sometimes. Or even just a romantic comedy. In them, this wouldn’t fly. Like, imagine if Prince Charming had picked up the glass slipper and decided the city was too big to scour it for someone who fit the damn thing? Or if Prince Phillip saw Maleficent blowing fire all over the forest and went nope, fuck that, too risky? Or if Prince Eric was all like, “Hmm, I could fight the giant octopus sea witch from my nightmares, but then I could also sail home and return to eating fish I now know are sentient, safe in denial and cognitive goddamn dissonance!”? But they wouldn’t, they wouldn’t have done any of that, because in stories guys fight. They fight for the person they care about, and they don't give up, ever.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Statistically, the most amazing events that would ever happen in the world would probably happen sometime in the far future, and I’d never get to know about it. So many beautiful, wonderful things would happen one day, in a world that didn’t have me in it. And I didn’t want the world to keep going if I wasn’t in it.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Can I confess something?” Hearing those words come out of Lara’s mouth felt odd. Like a vegetarian asking you to pass the meatballs, or a mermaid asking to borrow your shoes. Guilt + Lara = system error.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“He let out his breath like every bit of tension in his body seeped out with it. “I love you, too. I think I always did. I was just scared of what saying that might mean.” “And now you’re not?” “Not even a bit, Ollie.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Betwixt and between,” I said. “That’s the worst.” “Is that a poem?” Niamh asked. “Darnell is an idiot,” Lara said, pointing a french fry menacingly at Niamh. “Besides, the problem isn’t the city. If he got a job offer there I bet you he’d move in a heartbeat. He’s just intimidated by the thought of following around a strong woman while she chases her career instead of the other way around.” “Preach!” said Niamh, raising her Diet Coke in a toast.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“I was fairly sure Lara buying me a present was listed as an end of times sign in the Bible, between false prophets and stars falling from the sky. Which was terrible news for humanity, but it did brighten my night up a little. “You did? Oh … I didn’t get you anything.” “We’re playing swapsies with oppressive gender roles tonight. That’s the theme of this stupid dance, right?” she asked. “Anyway. Here.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“To zabawne, że przez wiele tygodni, miesięcy, a czasem nawet lat człowiek przygotowuje się na koszmar, którego spełnienie jest raczej kwestią ,,kiedy", a nie ,,czy". A potem, kiedy sobie wmawia, że pogodził się już z końcem świata, nagle nokautuje go cios. Pada na ziemię, totalnie przytłoczony stratą, na którą wcale nie był gotowy.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Shit shit shit shit oh God shit fuck crap.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“I always knew you were a sl*t, but I didn't take you for a--"
"I don't think you want to finish that sentence." It was att, storming through the stream of students, closely followed by Darnell and a nervous-looking Will.
"This is none of your business," Charlotte said, but her voice jhad lost some of its thunder.
"Like hell it's none of my business. You're standing in front of my school spewing some crap to my friend when you and I both know your mama would wash your damn mouth out if she heard you saying that kind of shit. So go on if you want to, but I will be recording it, and I will send it straight to my ma, who'll make sure yours sees it by first period. They work in the same building, remember?”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“That they both love me.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“Maybe our Happily Ever After hadn't worked on the first shot. And maybe Happily Ever Afters weren't a singular event. Maybe they were something you had to work at, and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted.

And maybe they weren't perfect. It wasn't like having Will right here and right now somehow erased all of the terrible things that had happened this year. And it didn't prevent terrible things from happening in the future. Sometimes in life, terrible things happened. And sometimes really, really amazing things happened. And sometimes those things all kind of happened at once.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“I’m really sorry.' He peeked at me, but I still didn’t reply. I mean, what could I say? That it was okay? Because it really wasn’t. 'I’m a dick because I’ve always been a dick around my friends' wasn’t really an excuse.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated

“maybe Happily Ever Afters weren’t a singular event. Maybe they were something you had to work at, and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted.”
― Sophie Gonzales, Only Mostly Devastated