Holly Smale Quotes

“Your daughter is adorable. I've never seen such an alien duck in my entire life.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

“Does a caterpillar sit on the same leaf when it's a butterfly? No! It goes for a little fly and sees something of the world. Does the tadpole stay in the same pond once it's a frog? No! It stretches its legs, goes for a jump, explores other waters. Did Cinderella go back cleaning hearths once she married the prince? ... Transformation means moving forward. If a butterfly stays on the same leaf and a frog stays in the same pond, then they may as well have stayed a caterpillar or a tadpole. There was no point in metamorphosing.”
― Holly Smale, Model Misfit

“Apparently humans share fifty per cent of their DNA with bananas. My father is a constant reminder of that.”
― Holly Smale, Picture Perfect

“I’m slowly beginning to realise how ironic it is that I’m so good at learning lessons inside school, and so terrible at learning any outside it.”
― Holly Smale, Forever Geek

“I loved all of this boy: the good bits and the bad. And I knew that, when it came, I would love his sadness too.”
― Holly Smale, Forever Geek

“A friend. The kind that will happily hurt for you, and you’ll hurt for in return.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Drama

“Now and then, you get to put somebody else at the top of your list.”
― Holly Smale, Forever Geek

“Because the people I love always find their way back in the end.”
― Holly Smale, Forever Geek

“It feels like we’re living in a time where neurodivergence is more broadly understood, or even accepted – with people, learning about the ways conditions like Autism and ADHD have historically been underdiagnosed, or underreported, especially in women.”
― Ameema Saeed