Shiv

“It was because of all of that, no doubt, that this new identity felt like a loss, when in reality, it should have been a beautiful discovery.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

“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

“I didn't know what my hobbies were anymore, except yearning for romance and reading fanfiction.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

“Kissing a stranger you'd never see again, kissing someone whose name you didn't even know, just to feel a little high in that moment. Just to feel the warmth of someone's skin on yours. Just, for a while, to feel purely alive. God. I wished I could do that. But the idea of trying to get with any of these people--no matter their gender--was, honestly, unnerving. It made me feel itchy. Shivery, maybe. It filled my stomach with a weird, horrible dread, and a warning siren went off in my brain. It felt like my antibodies were fighting it off.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless