161 Quotes by Alice Oseman

I don't know why you won't even look me in the eye. I don't understand anything you're doing or saying, and it's killing me, because I already don't undestand a single thing about me or Michael or Becky or my brother or anything on this shitty planet.

Would you kiss me?""...yeah

D'you think I'm immature?'...'I think it's pretty amazing that you haven't felt peer-pressured into doing anything by now. You haven't made yourself do anything you didn't want to do. You haven't kissed anyone just because you're scared of missing out. I think that's one of the most mature things I've ever heard, actually.

How do you know you wont find someone one day?"This was the question that had been plaguing me for months but when Pip asked me it then, I knew the answer. finally. " Because I know myself. I know what I feel and what I have the capability to feel. I mean how do you know you wont fall for a guy one day?"Pip made a face. "yeah, exactly. You just know that about yourself. And now I know too

She definitely wasn't what I thought she was.''She wasn't a maniacal fan, you mean?''She was a maniacal fan, but I don't think the maniacal fans are what I thought they were. Well, not all of them, anyway.''They're just a bit normal, really,' I say.'Or we're all weird.''You can say that again.

The crux of it all was that I did not feel sexual or romantic feelings for anyone. Not a single goddamn person I had ever met or would ever meet.So that really was me.Aromatic.Asexual.

People are really out there just … thinking about having sex all the time and they can’t even help it?’ I spluttered. ‘People have dreams about it because they want it that much? How the – I’m losing it. I thought all the movies were exaggerating, but you’re all really out there just craving genitals and embarrassment. This has to be some kind of huge joke.

Picturing fanfic characters having sex? Great. Fine. Sexy. But picturing myself having sex with anyone, guy, girl, whoever, didn’t interest me. No – it was more than that. It was an immediate fucking turn-off.

Are they also …?’ ‘They’re asexual too.’ ‘Wow.’ Ellis grinned. ‘Well, that makes three of us.’ ‘There are more,’ I said. ‘A lot more. Out there. In the world.’ ‘Really?’ ‘Yeah.’ Ellis stared out of the window, smiling. ‘That would be nice. If there were lots out there.