Sophia Bennett > Quotes

“I think I'm supposed to "take a sad song and make it better," but that's beyond my musical ability”
― Sophia Bennett, The Look

“It's funny how you can share a flat with someone and still miss them so much.”
― Sophia Bennett, The Look

“He's leaning in towards me. He's looking at my lips. They've probably got hot chocolate foam on them or something, but I can't seem to move any of my muscles to wipe it off.”
― Sophia Bennett, The Look

“I'm used to lying to grown-ups. It's a habit I got into. It simplifies things.”
― Sophia Bennett, Beads, Boys and Bangles

“I'm about to flip out, but then I suddenly realize what she's saying. She means she's not going to waste that bit of her brain that could be thinking about corsages by worrying about Amanda Elat, when there's nothing she can do about it now anyway. As a plan of action, it's not as dumb as I thought.”
― Sophia Bennett, Beads, Boys and Bangles

“It's weird. Crow looks about ten and behaves like a ten-year-old in some ways. She can be very stubborn, for a start, and she just ignores you if she doesn't want to answer a question. But as soon as you start to talk about fashion, you'd swear she was at least twenty. And because we talk about fashion most of the time, I tend to forget.
Mind you, I'm only fourteen and I'd swear I was twenty sometimes. And Edie must be at least fifty in her head.”
― Sophia Bennett, Threads

“If this is the real world, I don't like it. None of us does”
― Sophia Bennett, Beads, Boys and Bangles

“My insides may be taking a while to catch up, but my brain has definitely moved on.”
― Sophia Bennett, Beads, Boys and Bangles

“Liam said the whole thing's ridiculous and he's probably right. It probably does look ridiculous from a distance. But from the right in the middle, it feels as lonely as I can possibly imagine.”
― Sophia Bennett, Sequins, Stars and Spotlights

“Lovely is my new word, I've decided. Lovely means "back off and leave me alone, I'm confused".”
― Sophia Bennett, Beads, Boys and Bangles

“I cope with jealousy by having a furious conversation in my head when I rant and rave to Mum about how much attention the TWELVE-YEAR-OLD is getting. I swear a lot and make some evil unforgivable things and it makes me feel much better. Out loud, I say, "Of course, go ahead, that's fine, you go and enjoy yourself." As you do.”
― Sophia Bennett, Threads

“As usual, I had tried to do something good, and ended up making everything worse.”
― Sophia Bennett, The Castle

“Well done, darling" she whispers.
I'm amazed. The words come out as if she says it all the time, but they ring in my ear for ages.”
― Sophia Bennett