Simon James Green > Quotes

“Being human means being flawed, imperfect, messy. But you can't beat yourself up for that. And I don't think you can beat other people up for it either.”
― Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

“Everyone’s different, Mum, it’s fine to be different!”

“No, Noah, it’s not,” she said, pushing him into his bedroom. “They just say that to make the weird kids feel better.”
― Simon James Green, Noah Can't Even

“I thought he fitted in my life, but actually maybe he never did. Maybe he was never quite what I needed, and maybe I was never quite what he needed either. And I think that’s OK. I think sometimes you only get to know that after someone’s actually in your life. And I think sometimes you only realize that someone does fit after they’re not in your life any more.”
― Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

“Don't cling on the past. Embrace change. Some things are worth saving, worth trying for, and some things aren't. Learn to work out the difference.”
― Simon James Green

“You can get so wrapped up in your own story, you forget other people have theirs, and sometimes those stories aren’t nice ones.”
― Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

“I was all fireworks emoji, love hearts emoji, two boys holding hands emoji.”
― Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

“I don’t expect people to love me.
I just wish they didn’t hate me quite so much.”
― Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

“I feel like I'm making all the mistakes I would have made if I'd been dating people since I was thirteen. Even if you're really just playing at being in a relationship, you're still feeling your way through it at least. You're finding out what it means to be with someone, to care about them, what it means to have someone else in your life like that. I feel like the straight kids all get a roadmap and a head start, and the queer kids get given a faulty compass and a dead leg so they have to limp their way to 'destination relationship' while blindfolded.”
― Simon James Green, You’re the One That I Want

“You were best mates, but now your paths have taken you in different directions. And yes, that’s sad, but it’s also a natural part of life. Everything moves and changes and turns. And you’ll meet new friends, like Jess. Like me. It’s life, man. It’s the whole crazy way of the universe. Life and death. Don’t be sad. Be glad for what you had, but be excited for new adventures. New people.”
― Simon James Green, Noah Can't Even

“Yet, being with him, I realize something. I was missing something myself. I was incomplete. Part of me was empty, and now, with him, it's there. And it feels so good.”
― Simon James Green, Boy Like Me

“You cannot control the feelings of others...You cannot, and you should not try. That's their life. And this is yours. You need your own best days.”
― Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

“I’m sick of seeing people I don’t respect, with little talent, rise to the top and be role models, when the world doesn’t need any more vacuous fuckwits.”
― Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

“How are gay kids like us meant to do it? You must feel it too? Too scared to be yourself, too frightened to ask someone out in case they take offence ’cause they’re not gay themselves, no LGBTQ+ society because your school doesn’t want to upset some very vocal parents, too young for gay clubs and dating apps – so what do you do?”
― Simon James Green, You’re the One That I Want

“Pretty people get away with being utter shits, and no one seems to care.”
― Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

“I read on.
And soon I realized.
This wasn’t just a story about friendship between two teenage boys.
Never had I ever read anything like this before.
I didn’t even know this existed.
It felt … illegal.
And yet I couldn’t stop reading.”
― Simon James Green, Boy Like Me

“And I know the world can be a shitty place, and I know it can feel like it's full of bad people, and bad, horrible, unfair things happen to the good guys, and they've happened to you, but in amongst all that, there is still good.”
― Simon James Green

“I sometimes hate this city – when you see the inequality, and the poverty, and when you just want to shut yourself off from the world, that’s when I hate it. But when it’s like this, when I feel part of something bigger than me, when it’s full of fun and energy and hope and love, like it is tonight, then I bloody adore London and I’m proud to call it home.”
― Simon James Green, You're the One That I Want

“We just want to live.

We just want to be who we are.

We won’t play by your outdated rules or live by your outdated ideals.

It starts, and ends, with love, that’s all.

We’re heroes.

We’re legion.

And we’re going to change the world.

Join us.”
― Simon James Green, Gay Club!

“Here's what you need to understand, Alex: people don't always behave how you'd like them to, or how you expect them to. Everyone's a mess. It isn't just you. Everyone's trying to work it out, Alex. Everyone's confused, at least some of the time, if not most of the time. You could do worse than cut the poor lad some slack.”
― Simon James Green

“But, like you said, there's also magic in the ordinary, and sometimes it's OK to be on the sidelines, doing nothing, watching life go by. That's why I'm not bothered about the part. Because if I'm with you, whatever we're doing, even if it's nothing much, I'll be happy.”
― Simon James Green

“I think I should embrace the doughnut, since the doughnut is me, and I am the doughnut.”
― Simon James Green, You’re the One That I Want

“Don’t cling on to the past. Embrace change. Some things are worth saving, worth trying for, and some things aren’t. Learn to work out the difference.”
― Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

“Kissed a boy, nearly had a date, told lies, screwed it up, died lonely and bitter.”
― Simon James Green, You’re the One That I Want

“Because, sure, being a spectator may be safer, and by playing you might get hurt. But you might also feel the soaring high of a massive win - and for that, you really have gotta be in it.”
― Simon James Green, You’re the One That I Want

“Whatever you are, we can remedy it”
― Simon James Green, Heartbreak Boys

“You shouldn’t wait for tomorrow to do the things you want. You shouldn’t wait for tomorrow to tell the people who matter to you how you feel about them. There’s no guarantee you’ll get that chance again.”
― Simon James Green, Noah Can't Even

“I’m good at bottling things up, Efia. I’m great at it. I’ve made it my life’s work, to be honest. And there’s a water-tight seal on these emotions, you won’t ever notice.”
― Simon James Green, Alex in Wonderland

“Constabulary”
― Simon James Green, Noah Can't Even

“Are you confident?"
"No."
"Are you good at maths?"
"Not really."
"Team player?"
"I dunno, I guess some people say I'm good at oral.”
― simon james green

“People always like to talk, but ask yourself: in the grand scheme of things, in the total insignificance of our tiny lives in this massive universe, who gives a shit?”
― Simon James Green, Noah Can't Even