Bethany Rutter > Quotes

“Life is long and kind of boring sometimes. One of the best ways to make your time on earth suck less is to surround yourself with cool people. People who make you happy. People who you have fun with. People who make you feel important. And you're super smart and interesting, and you want cool things for yourself, and that kind of narrows down the pool of people who you'll accept into your life”
― Bethany Rutter, No Big Deal

“We’re only together because we never broke up. I know that sounds obvious, even a stupid thing to say, but it’s different to being together because you’re so in love that you can’t face the idea of not being together.”
― Bethany Rutter, Welcome to Your Life

“Life is long and kind of boring sometimes. One of the best ways to make your time on earth suck less is to surround yourself with cool people. People who make you happy. People who you have fun with. People who make you feel important.”
― Bethany Rutter, No Big Deal

“wonder if people would be so shocked if it was the other way around. It seems like something a man does to a woman, and this way round kind of freaks people out. Especially because I know everyone thinks Alistair is suspiciously good-looking in a way that places him ‘out of my league’. Make it make sense! is probably the line that’s flying around group chats of our acquaintances, people we were in halls with at Nottingham. I even had to Google whether you still say ‘jilted’ when it happens to a man because I wasn’t sure. It turns out you do. I am a jilter.”
― Bethany Rutter, Welcome to Your Life

“Coming to accept that Christmas is just not that exciting any more has been one of the cruel truths about growing up. It’s just that every year it gets that little bit less exciting. I feel like you have to either fully lean into being a Mad Christmas Person who makes it part of their personality, or you accept it’s a good excuse for some days off work but not much else.”
― Bethany Rutter, Welcome to Your Life

“It’s like I’ve been swept along on a current my whole life and this is the first time I’ve been able to control my direction of travel. I just wish it was in a slightly less dramatic way.”
― Bethany Rutter, Welcome to Your Life

“I watch a makeup tutorial on YouTube and decide that a new eyeshadow palette will solve all my problems.”
― Bethany Rutter, Welcome to Your Life

“Here’s some free advice: the three easiest ways to make somewhere feel cosy are plants, soft furnishings and lamps.”
― Bethany Rutter, Welcome to Your Life