5 Quotes by Simon James Green

I was all fireworks emoji, love hearts emoji, two boys holding hands emoji.

He kissed gently. So tenderly. Like every single one had been thought about and meant something and whilst this wasn't the time to be thinking of middle-aged women, I thought of Maggie, because she was right. When the moment comes, you do know what to do.

Being human means being flawed, imperfect, messy. But you can't beat yourself up for that. And I don't think you can beat other people up for it either.

And I know the world can be a shitty place, and I know it can feel like it's full of bad people, and bad, horrible, unfair things happen to the good guys, and they've happened to you, but in amongst all that, there is still good.

Here's what you need to understand, Alex: people don't always behave how you'd like them to, or how you expect them to. Everyone's a mess. It isn't just you. Everyone's trying to work it out, Alex. Everyone's confused, at least some of the time, if not most of the time. You could do worse than cut the poor lad some slack.