13 Quotes by Dawn O'Porter

You need to realise how gorgeous you are.'She laughs, but I’m not trying to be funny. ‘I mean it Flo, you really are. Somewhere under all that disbelief.

Well, people who acknowledge their faults aren't so angry about them. Oh to be selfish, eh?'‘I think life would be easier if I was selfish.’‘No, it wouldn’t. Not really. Those people aren’t happy, they’ll be on their death beds with little more than a life time of guilt and regret to think about. People like us die with a clear conscience, Flo. That’s the best way to be. If you admit to where you go wrong at least you stand a chance of making it better.’I still wish I was selfish.

I used to feel like this all the time and it didn’t bother me, but it’s different now. (…)…and besides, I want to test them. I have been the third wheel in this friendship for around ten years. They have no idea who I really am. It’s the exact opposite to my friendship with Flo. All these years I’ve passed off their lack of interest in me as an innocent vacancy, but it’s now feeling more like selfishness. I don’t belong here.

This one is OK,' I say quietly.‘OK, OK, OK. Everything is always just ‘OK’. It’s so boring. Who wants to be ‘OK’?I sit for a moment and think about what she said. It doesn’t take me long to realise that I, quite genuinely, just want to be OK.