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“What can I say? People aren’t observant. People don’t question stuff like this. They never think twice about déjà vu when there could be a glitch in the Matrix. They walk past tramps in the streets without even glancing at their misfortune. They don’t psychoanalyse the creators of slasher-horrors when they’re probably all psychopaths.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“You like to act as if you care about nothing and if you carry on like that then you’re going to drown in the abyss you have imagined for yourself.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“I think you should know that I make up a lot of stuff in my head and then get sad about it.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“I just like individual songs. I find one song that I really love, and then I listen to it about twenty billion times until I hate it and have ruined it for myself.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“It’s just that it’s not socially acceptable to say depressing stuff out loud in the real world because people think that you’re attention seeking.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“I'm a little bit in love with everyone I meet.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“I don’t think my mum likes me very much. That doesn’t matter, because I don’t really like her either.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“All the people are chatting and laughing and smiling and it sort of makes me feel a bit sad, like I’m watching them through a dirty window.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“My name is Victoria Spring. I think you should know that I make up a lot of stuff in my head and then get sad about it. I like to sleep and I like to blog. I am going to die someday.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“There’s a time and a place for being normal. For most people, normal is a default. But for some, like you and me, normal is something we have to bring out, like putting on a suit for a posh dinner.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“As far as I'm concerned, I came out of the womb spouting cynicism and wishing for rain.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire