Цитаты из книги Let's Talk About Love

С чего вдруг секс настолько важен, что люди не могут отделить эмоциональную любовь от физического акта?

He's beautiful, Feenie. I almost melted into primordial soup of Alice.

Why did she have to spend the rest of her life coming out over and over and over...? And once she did, would people always expect her to talk about it? It would always be a huge deal, she would always be subjected to questions, and she would always have to defend herself. Would it ever stop feeling like A Thing, a barrier, between her and everyone else?

If knowing you’re asexual makes someone see you differently, then they don’t deserve to be in your life.

"It's like I'm standing here and I can see what I want waving at me way over there, but I just can't get to it no matter how hard I try. Something is always in the way." "I think that's called life." "Don't get all philosophical on me," she said, giving him the stink eye.

They try to sell the idea of true love and forever. I think that's a really damaging idea. It doesn't work like that in real life. It's supposed to be fiction, but people rely on it and make it a standard to aspire to.

“Stop being silly. You know what I mean.” No, she really didn’t, and she hated when people made that assumption. If she had known, why would she bother asking?

I’m sorry about what I said the other night. I’m not perfect, but sometimes it really feels like you’re expecting me to be. I know I messed up, but refusing to talk to me isn’t fair. I’d never even heard of asexuality before I met you.

You know me: I need cuddles or I will die.

I am very loving. I cry at the end of romcoms. My favorite movie is Splash. I want someone to give me flowers and take me on dates. I want to fall in love and wear a giant princess dress at my wedding. I want to have a happy ending, too, and all that other magical stuff. I want what books and TV and the world has promised me. It’s not fair that I should have to want sex to have it.

You can't let one or two bad experiences stop you from being happy.

Sex, Alice decided, was like jogging. All the people in the world could say it's so amazing and great for you, but if you don't care about jogging, you'd rather spend your time with a Netflix queue and a box of doughnuts.

Alice adored the way Feenie said good-bye. It was always some variation of "I love you"