Bea > Bea's Quotes

“But no matter what choices we make - solo or together - our finish line remains the same … No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“Her father sighed, rubbing at his beard. "The problem with compromise,' he said eventually, 'is that, often, everybody loses. You sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“To be truly brave, first you must be afraid. And to be afraid, you must have something you cannot bear to lose.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“All friendships are selfish. Maybe if we were all selfless, we would leave each other alone.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“I wouldn’t mind, you know. If you did harbor expectations. In fact, I’d do my very best to exceed them.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I think it's better to just read and not study books.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore.”
― Lady Gaga

“I don't even like him,' Gwen said eventually, and Bridget laughed quietly. 'He grows on you.' 'Like mould,' said Gwen. 'Like one of those plants that strangles trees.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I'm not like you, Arthur. You do what you like, and kiss who you like, and damn the consequences.’

‘I am living with the consequences right now,’ Arthur said bitterly. 'I am drinking juice with the consequences.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“The thing is,' Gwen said, muffled again against her dress, 'I think I could love a man. I just...haven't. I don't notice many people in that way. And if I could love a man, then surely I should try. It would make everything so much easier.'
'You could,' said Arthur. 'You could fall in love with a man, and know that you once liked Bridget, and neither of those things would change the other. They would both be true. But right now you do like Bridget. So I don't think you should settle for a life that denies that particular truth.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“Definitely' Arthur said. 'Absolutely. He's not – you know. He barely talks. He reads books.' It was true; Gabriel was not his usual type, and he needed to be practical. It would be one thing to risk his neck for some confident, dashing prince with muscled thighs and witty repartee to truly die for, but Gabriel was quiet, and strange, and ultimately just- not worth the hassle. Even if he was nice to birds.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“Walk like you don’t care where your limbs are,’ Agnes said, doing a
much better job of it than Gwen. ‘As if it’s of no consequence to you where
they end up. Like this. See? Swing them about. And you should act, at all
times, as if your crotch is a burden.’

‘Now hang on,’ said Arthur. ‘I’m a man, and my crotch isn’t a burden.’

‘Maybe not to you,’ said Gwen. ‘But it’s a burden on the rest of
humanity.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“You make a good point,' Arthur said diplomatically. Unfortunately, I'm not actually in the market for good points, so--shut up and put your mustache on.'
...
'I made you a false mustache!' Arthur said, outraged. 'I did crafts for you! The least you can do is act grateful.'
'Thank you for my cat-hair mustache,' Gwen said, rolling her eyes. 'It's truly disgusting. I hope you washed it first.'
Arthur winked at her in a way he probably imagined was roguish and charming. 'I can guarantee you that I did not.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I'm crying because I was just in a bloody battle. It was awful, I hated every second of it and I would not recommend it to a friend. And, yes I supposed I'm also crying because I love you and I'm so pleased to see you.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“You moon, I’m afraid. But she must find it endearing. Can’t say I understand the appeal. I like my men emotionally repressed and unavailable.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“Nobody had ever pinned Clem to a tree before. New experiences were good for the soul.”
― Lex Croucher, Not for the Faint of Heart

“If you wanted to come and find me, I've actually been pretty stationary. You know. Nearly dying.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“He's quite short.'.
'So are you, ' snapped Gwen.
'I'm taller than you,' Authur said, his voice squeaking a little in indignation.
"You're the same height as me, ' Gwen hissed. ' Now shut up "
"You are freakishly tall for a woman,' muttered Arthur.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“If I'd bumped into your father, I'd be talking to him about tax evasion.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“It’s not a dream,” Gwen said. “Trust me. In the dream, you’re always on a unicorn.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“What did you do?”
“Kissed him,” Arthur said matter-of-factly. “In the bird shed.”
“Shit,” said Sidney. “Is that some sort of slang for something I don’t want to know about?”
“No, it was a literal—it was a shed full of birds.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I didn’t say I was going to bed,” Arthur said petulantly. “I said I was leaving. If you assumed I was going to bed, that just demonstrates your utter lack of imagination.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“I wonder- if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

“Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

“And I’m platonically in love with you.”
“That was literally the boy-girl version of ‘no homo’, but I appreciate the sentiment.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

“But books–they’re different. When you watch a film, you’re sort of an outsider looking in. With a book–you’re right there. You are inside. You are the main character.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“Everyone's different inside their head.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

“I wish I could be as subtle and beautiful. All I know how to do is scream.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence