Beautiful World, Where Are You Quotes

“alice, i think i've also experienced that sensation you had in the convenience shop. for me it feels like looking down and seeing for the first time that i'm standing on a minuscule ledge at a dizzying vertical height, and the only thing supporting my weight is the misery and degradation of almost everyone else on earth. and i always end up thinking: i don't even want to be up here. i don't need all these cheap clothes and imported foods and plastic containers, i don't even think they improve my life. they just create waste and make me unhappy anyway.”
― sally rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You: Chapter Sampler

“You’ll let me know when you do, I hope. I might. For a few seconds she stood there in the room, very still, while he wandered”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You: Chapter Sampler